Experimental photovoltaic power supply based on flying capacitors multilevel inverter

Author

Trabelsi, M. ; Ben-Brahim, L.

Author_Institution

Qatar Univ., Doha, Qatar

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 June 2011

Firstpage

578

Lastpage

583

Abstract

Nowadays, a great deal of research is being carried out to utilize the solar energy effectively through power electronics converters (conditioners) to meet the increasing demand for load. In this paper, a weighted Real Time Digital Predictive Controller (RTDPC) combined with a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique is proposed to control a flying capacitor inverter fed by a Photovoltaic (PV) solar panel through a DC-DC converter. Experimental results carried out using a 1kW prototype show high performance of the proposed.

Keywords

capacitors; invertors; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; power supply quality; predictive control; voltage control; DC-DC converter; flying capacitor inverter; flying capacitor multilevel inverter; maximum power point tracking technique; photovoltaic power supply; power 1 kW; power conditioner; power electronics converter; solar energy; weighted real time digital predictive controller; Capacitors; Control systems; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Topology; Voltage control; Flying capacitor inverter; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic power supply; Real time digital predictive controller; step-up converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ischia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8929-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8928-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036314

Filename

6036314