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A Control Scheme without Sensors at the PV Source for Cost and Size Reduction in Two-Stage Grid Connected Inverters

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  • Raúl González-Medina

    (Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos Industriales del Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Marian Liberos

    (Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos Industriales del Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Silvia Marzal

    (Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos Industriales del Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Emilio Figueres

    (Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos Industriales del Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Gabriel Garcerá

    (Grupo de Sistemas Electrónicos Industriales del Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

In order to reduce the cost of PV facilities, the market requires low cost and highly reliable PV inverters, which must comply with several regulations. Some research has focused on decreasing the distortion of the current injected into the grid, reducing the size of the DC-link capacitors and removing sensors, while keeping a good performance of the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms. Although those objectives are different, all of them are linked to the inverter DC-link voltage control loop. Both the reduction of the DC-link capacitance and the use of sensorless MPPT algorithms require a voltage control loop faster than that of conventional implementations in order to perform properly, but the distortion of the current injected into the grid might rise as a result. This research studies a complete solution for two-stage grid-connected PV inverters, based on the features of second-order generalized integrators. The experimental tests show that the proposed implementation has a performance similar to that of the conventional control of two-stage PV inverters but at a much lower cost.

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  • Raúl González-Medina & Marian Liberos & Silvia Marzal & Emilio Figueres & Gabriel Garcerá, 2019. "A Control Scheme without Sensors at the PV Source for Cost and Size Reduction in Two-Stage Grid Connected Inverters," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-21, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:15:p:2955-:d:253601
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    1. Jose Miguel Espi & Jaime Castello, 2019. "A Novel Fast MPPT Strategy for High Efficiency PV Battery Chargers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-16, March.
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    1. Jose Miguel Espi & Jaime Castello, 2019. "New Fast MPPT Method Based on a Power Slope Detector for Single Phase PV Inverters," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-20, November.

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