Photovoltaic power systems: A review of topologies, converters and controls

Author

Marks, N.D. ; Summers, T.J. ; Betz, R.E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

26-29 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Renewable energy resources will likely be an integral part of future electrical systems. Photovoltaics in particular are receiving significant research attention in terms of developing the photovoltaic (PV) system to improve efficiency and to meet grid codes, as well as developing intelligent methods of control. This paper presents a review of the main established PV system topologies as well as the emerging multilevel converter based topologies. The Model Predictive Control (MPC) method for converter control is also presented, with particular emphasis on the key features for PV applications.

Keywords

intelligent control; photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; power generation control; predictive control; renewable energy sources; MPC method; PV system topologies; converter control; electrical systems; grid codes; intelligent methods; model predictive control method; multilevel converter based topologies; photovoltaic power systems:; renewable energy resources; Capacitors; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Switches; Topology; Vectors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2012 22nd Australasian

Conference_Location

Bali

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2933-0

Type

conf

Filename

6360259