Maximum power point regulator for 4 kW solar cell array connected through invertor to the AC grid

Author

Slonim, Michael A. ; Rahovich, Leo M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

1669

Abstract

A control system which allows the solar cell array (SCA) to operate at the maximum power point and to produce the maximum energy for any solar radiation is described. A control system is based on the maximum power point regulator (MPPR). The MPPR is designed to match a 4 kW SCA to a single phase bridge invertor. Operational principles of MPPR are described. The results of experiments are shown

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; bridge circuits; control system synthesis; invertors; optimal control; photovoltaic power systems; power system control; solar cell arrays; solar cells; thyristor convertors; 4 kW; AC grid; control system; invertor interface; maximum power point regulator; operational principles; performance tests; single phase bridge invertor; solar cell array; Bridge circuits; Control systems; Photovoltaic cells; Power measurement; Power supplies; Production systems; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation inverters; Regulators; Solar radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.553352

Filename

553352