DC to AC to AC Converter with MFAC-Link for PV Applications with Storage Support

Manuel A. Barrios; Hussein Abubakr; Victor Cardenas; Homero Miranda; Juan C. Vasquez; Josep M. Guerrero

doi:10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312127

DC to AC to AC Converter with MFAC-Link for PV Applications with Storage Support

Manuel A. Barrios^*, Hussein Abubakr, Victor Cardenas, Homero Miranda, Juan C. Vasquez, Josep M. Guerrero

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Abstract

This paper introduces a Power Electronic Converter (PEC) featuring a medium-frequency AC-link and a non-rectifier stage designed to connect photovoltaic (PV) modules to the grid while extracting the maximum power from the PV array. The proposed system incorporates a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to mitigate the effects of partial shading. A Three-Level Bidirectional Converter (3LBDC) has been adopted to facilitate battery charging. The 3LBDC converter exhibits minimal ripple in the inductor's current, maintaining the same inductance and frequency values consistent with a traditional boost converter. An Incremental Conductance algorithm is deployed as the Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) on the boost converter, enabling the extraction of available power from the PV system and subsequent injection into either the grid or BESS as necessitated by the conditions. Simulated testing of the entire system indicates that it provides a viable solution for PV-ESS grid-tied applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2023
Article number	10312127
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-3183-7
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-3182-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312127
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 16 Oct 2023 → 19 Oct 2023

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Conference	49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	16/10/2023 → 19/10/2023

Series	Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
ISSN	1553-572X

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Keywords

AC/AC converter
Battery charger
Energy storage
Medium-frequency power converter
MFAC-link
Photovoltaic

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Barrios, MA , Abubakr, H, Cardenas, V, Miranda, H, Vasquez, JC & Guerrero, JM 2023, DC to AC to AC Converter with MFAC-Link for PV Applications with Storage Support. in IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society., 10312127, IEEE, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023, Singapore, Singapore, 16/10/2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312127

DC to AC to AC Converter with MFAC-Link for PV Applications with Storage Support. / Barrios, Manuel A.; Abubakr, Hussein; Cardenas, Victor et al.
IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE, 2023. 10312127 (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society).

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Barrios MA , Abubakr H, Cardenas V, Miranda H, Vasquez JC , Guerrero JM. DC to AC to AC Converter with MFAC-Link for PV Applications with Storage Support. In IECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. IEEE. 2023. 10312127. (Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society). doi: 10.1109/IECON51785.2023.10312127

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