Is a quasi-two-stage multifunctional inverter suitable for photovoltaic (PV) applications?
Abstract: A novel quasi-two-stage multifunctional inverter (QMFI) for photovoltaic (PV) applications is proposed in this article. With the help of the quasi-two-stage architecture, part of active power can be directly transferred from PV arrays to the grid or load within a single power conversion stage and hence improve the efficiency.
How to choose a multifunctional inverter?
The rated power of the multifunctional inverter must be considerably higher than the peak power of the PV array to ensure a significant increase in power quality under all environmental conditions. The trial-and-error approach used to select the type and number of the membership functions is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
What is a multifunctional PV system?
Recently, PV systems, in addition to their primary role, the injection of green power into the grid, are used for current harmonics filtering and compensation of reactive power, hence the name multifunctional PV systems.
What is a multifunctional inverter?
These control systems can be affected when voltages and currents are highly harmonic distorted [ 1, 2, 3 ]. Thus, the use of equipment that integrates active filters with inverters for electricity generation, also called multifunctional inverters (MI), presents itself as an intelligent solution to improve the performance of these networks.
What is the control strategy of a PV inverter?
The control strategy guarantees the PV inverter to manage and perform its functions simultaneously (active power injection, reactive power compensation, and current harmonic filtering) without overrating by limiting its output current.
What happens if a PV inverter operates below its rated power?
When the PV inverter operates below its rated power in terms of power injection, it is required to mitigate the current harmonics at the PCC. The rest of the paper is structured as follows: Section 2 presents the description of the system, including the PV array modelling and the development of the ANFIS based MPPT controller.
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1 Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Fujian Electric Power Co., Ltd., Fuzhou, China; 2 State Grid Fujian Electric Power Co., Ltd., Fuzhou, China; 3 Hubei Key Laboratory of Power Equipment and System Security for Integrated Energy, Wuhan, Hubei, China; 4 School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University Wuhan, Wuhan, …
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