A Novel Low Cost PV Micro-Inverters based on Analog Control and Interleaving Method
Elie M. Najm ; Alex Q. Huang ; Wensong Yu
BCM
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Interleaving
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Flyback
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Analog
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Micro-Inverter
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Battery Charger
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Converter
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Low Cost
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ZVS
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Soft Switching
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Efficient
This paper proposes a novel simplified low cost analog implementation of a master/slave methodology resulting in an efficient soft-switched…
A Novel Platform for an Accurate Modeling and Precise Control of Photovoltaic Modules with Maximum Operating Efficiency
Ahmed Shawky ; Hamdy Radwan ; Mohamed Orabi ; Mohamed Z. Youssef
Photovoltaic cells
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Modeling
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Adaptive control
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Cost
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Module structure
this paper presents a novel approach in the topic of the commercialization of the solar photovoltaic inverters. It results in a more efficient…
A Phase Shift Controlled Current-Fed Quasi-Switched-Capacitor Isolated DC/DC Converter with GaN HEMTs for Photovoltaic Applications
Lixing Fu ; Xuan Zhang ; Feng Guo ; Jin Wang
Photovoltaic
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Current-Fed
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Quasi-Switched-Capacitor
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DC/DC
This paper proposes a phase-shift controlled isolated dc/dc converter, which is composed of a current-fed half bridge and a…
An Optimized Efficiency-based Control Strategy for Islanded Paralleled PV Micro-Converters
Han-Dong Gui ; Yue Zhang ; Zhiliang Zhang ; Yan-Fei Liu
Photovoltaic(PV)
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Micro-Converter
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System efficiency
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Load distribution
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Parallel
This paper analyzes the operation of PV modules in islanded paralleled PV applications under different solar irradiance condition. When the…
Design of a LCL Filter for Leakage Current Reduction in Transformerless PV Grid-Connected Three-Level Inverter
Julian C. Giacomini ; Leandro Michels ; Luciano Schuch ; Humberto Pinheiro ; Cassiano Rech
Photovoltaic
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Leakage current
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Tranformerless
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LCL filter
This paper presents a new methodology to design a passive damped LCL filter for a transformerless three-level photovoltaic grid-connected…
GaN HEMT based 250W CCM Photovoltaic Micro-Inverter
James W. McLamara ; Alex Q. Huang
GaN
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HEMT
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PV
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Micro-Inverter
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Flyback
Design and experimental results of a 250W CCM photo-voltaic micro-inverter utilizing commercially available enhancement-mode GaN HEMTs. The…
Open-Circuit Fault Diagnosis for a Grid-Connected NPC Inverter with Unity Power Factor
Ui-Min Choi ; Frede Blaabjerg ; June-Seok Lee ; Kyo-Beum Lee
Fault detection
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Fault tolerant control
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Reliability
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Multilevel inverter
This paper presents an open-circuit fault detection method for a grid-connected Neutral-Point Clamped (NPC) inverter. The open-circuit fault…
PV Panel Power Optimization using Sub-Panel MPPT
Edgar Marti-Arbona ; Debashis Mandal ; Bertan Bakkaloglu ; Sayfe Kiaei
Maximum power point trackers
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Photovoltaic systems
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Solar power generation
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Solar system
Photo-voltaic systems are affected by converter losses, partial shading and other mismatches in the panels. This paper presents a sub-panel…
Simple Instantaneous Power Modulation Scheme for Single-Phase High-Frequency Link Microinverter for Low-Power PV Applications
Alejandro Aganza-Torres ; Víctor Cardenas ; Mario Pacas
PV microinverter
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HF-link
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low-power
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DSC
This paper presents a single-phase HF-link microinverter for low-power PV applications with a simple instantaneous power modulation scheme;…
