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Control of a Fault-Tolerant Photovoltaic Energy Converter in Island Operation

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  • Marino Coppola

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Pierluigi Guerriero

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Adolfo Dannier

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Santolo Daliento

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Davide Lauria

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Andrea Del Pizzo

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

Abstract

The paper deals with design and control of a fault tolerant and reconfigurable photovoltaic converter integrating a Battery Energy Storage System as a standby backup energy resource. When a failure occurs, an appropriate control method makes the energy conversion system capable of operating in open-delta configuration in parallel with the grid as well as in islanded mode. In case network voltage is lacking due to heavy anomalies or maintenance reasons, the proposed control system is able to quickly disconnect the inverter from the grid while ensuring the energy continuity to the local load and the emergency fixtures by means of the integrated battery packs. In particular, the paper proposes a fast islanding detection method essential for the correct operation of the control system. This specific technique is based on the Hilbert transform of the voltage of the point of common coupling, and it identifies the utility lack in a period of time equal to half a grid cycle in the best case (i.e., 10 ms), thus resulting in good speed performance fully meeting the standard requirements. A thorough numerical investigation is carried out with reference to a representative case study in order to demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.

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  • Marino Coppola & Pierluigi Guerriero & Adolfo Dannier & Santolo Daliento & Davide Lauria & Andrea Del Pizzo, 2020. "Control of a Fault-Tolerant Photovoltaic Energy Converter in Island Operation," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-18, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:12:p:3201-:d:374049
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    1. Marcel Nicola & Claudiu-Ionel Nicola & Dan Selișteanu, 2022. "Improvement of the Control of a Grid Connected Photovoltaic System Based on Synergetic and Sliding Mode Controllers Using a Reinforcement Learning Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient Agent," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-32, March.
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    3. Marcel Nicola & Claudiu-Ionel Nicola, 2021. "Fractional-Order Control of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Based on Synergetic and Sliding Mode Controllers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-25, January.

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