A Single-Phase Voltage-Controlled Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System With Power Quality Conditioner Functionality

Tamas Kerekes, Marco Liserre, R. A. Mastromauro, A. Dell'Aquila

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Abstract

Future ancillary services provided by photovoltaic (PV) systems could facilitate their penetration in power systems. Also low power PV systems can be designed to improve the power quality. This paper presents a single-phase photovoltaic system that provides grid voltage support and compensation of harmonic distortion at the point of common coupling (PCC) thanks to a repetitive controller. The power provided by the PV panels is controlled by a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm based on the incremental conductance method specifically modified to control the phase of the PV inverter voltage. Simulation and experimental results validate the presented solution.
Original languageEnglish
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume56
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)4436-4444
ISSN0278-0046
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Single-phase PV inverter
  • Shunt controller
  • MPPT algorithm

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