Title :
A star-configured cascade H-bridge converter for building integrated photovoltaics
Author :
Iannuzzi, D. ; Pagano, M. ; Piegari, L. ; Tricoli, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
Abstract :
The paper studies a three-phase PV power system connected to the LV power grid. The power system consists of a PV source, and a DC boost converter. The DC link is connected to the grid via a new cascade H-bridge converter, typical for modular multilevel converter application. A control approach is formulated. The control strategy aims at delivering to the grid the maximum power available from the PV sources with unity power factor. The control is formulated in case of inhomogeneous irradiation and the line current symmetry is assumed as system requirement. Aiming at verify the feasibility of the proposed approach, a numerical simulator for a 12 kW PV power plant is realized in ®Matlab. The results of the numerical simulations are used to give evidence to the approach in case of building façade application.
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; power generation control; power grids; symmetry; DC boost converter; LV power grid; Matlab; PV source; building integrated photovoltaics; line current symmetry; numerical simulator; power 12 kW; star-configured cascade H-bridge converter; three-phase PV power system; unity power factor; Electronic mail; Equations; Mathematical model; Power systems; Radiation effects; Switches; Topology; Modular Multilevel Converters; PV source; grid-interface converters; power systems;
Conference_Titel :
Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), 2014 Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monte-Carlo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3786-8
DOI :
10.1109/EVER.2014.6844017
