A new PWM inverter for photovoltaic power generation system

Author

Hinga, Peterson K. ; Ohnishi, Tokuo ; Suzuki, Takayuki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokushima Univ., Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

20-25 Jun 1994

Firstpage

391

Abstract

In this paper, the authors propose a novel multi-step PWM inverter for a solar power generation system. The circuit configuration is constructed by adding a bi-directional switch to the conventional bridge type inverter circuit using the isolated DC power supply for which the solar cell is very suitable. The new type of PWM inverter presented has many features such as good output waveform, small size of filter, low switching losses, and low acoustic noise. In this paper the authors describe the circuit configuration, control method and the characteristics of the system, and they also investigate the relation between the inverter and the solar cell characteristics. Finally, some simulation results and experimental results are shown

Keywords

bridge circuits; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; pulse width modulation; solar cells; switching circuits; voltage control; PWM inverter; bi-directional switch; bridge type inverter circuit; circuit configuration; isolated DC power supply; low acoustic noise; low switching losses; multi-step PWM inverter; photovoltaic power generation system; solar cell; Bidirectional control; Bridge circuits; Filters; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power supplies; Pulse width modulation inverters; Solar power generation; Switches; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC '94 Record., 25th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1859-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1994.349704

Filename

349704