Photovoltaic module integrated converter system minimizing input ripple current for inverter load

Author

Choi, Woo-Young ; Song, Sung-Geun ; Park, Sung-Jun ; Kim, Kwang-Heon ; Lim, Young-cheol

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

18-22 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A high efficiency photovoltaic (PV) module integrated converter (MIC) system is proposed. The proposed system consists of a high step-up DC-DC converter and a single-phase full-bridge inverter. The proposed step-up DC-DC converter has a high efficiency and low-profile. An input ripple current reduction control is suggested to reduce the low frequency ripple current generated by the full-bridge inverter. Overall power efficiency of 95% was obtained at 260 W output power for 36 V PV voltage with ripple current within 3% of the rated input current.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; electric current control; photovoltaic power systems; input ripple current reduction control; inverter load; photovoltaic module integrated converter system; power 260 W; single-phase full-bridge inverter; step-up DC-DC converter; voltage 36 V; Capacitors; Costs; Frequency conversion; Fuel cells; Inverters; Microwave integrated circuits; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Solar power generation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2009. INTELEC 2009. 31st International

Conference_Location

Incheon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2490-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2491-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2009.5352028

Filename

5352028