Title :
Power hardware-in-the-loop testing of a 500 kW photovoltaic array inverter
Author :
Langston, James ; Schoder, Karl ; Steurer, Mischa ; Faruque, Omar ; Hauer, John ; Bogdan, Ferenc ; Bravo, Richard ; Mather, Barry ; Katiraei, Farid
Author_Institution :
Center for Adv. Power Syst., Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA
Abstract :
The testing of a 500 kW photovoltaic array inverter using power hardware-in-the-loop simulation is described. A real-time simulator is used with a DC amplifier in order to emulate a photovoltaic (PV) array and an AC amplifier to emulate a power grid. The test setup is described in detail and a range of tests that were conducted on the inverter are summarized.
Keywords :
DC amplifiers; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; AC amplifier; DC amplifier; photovoltaic array inverter; power 500 kW; power grid emulation; power hardware-in-the-loop testing; real-time simulator; Current measurement; Emulation; Laboratories; Thyristors; USA Councils; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2419-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2012.6389595
