Modeling and control of N-paralleled grid-connected inverters with LCL filter coupled due to grid impedance in PV plants

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 770-785

  Agorreta, Juan Luis ^a   Borrega, Mikel ^a   López, Jesús ^a   Marroyo, Luis ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active damping; grid connected inverter; LCL filter; photovoltaic (PV) power systems

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DAMPING; CONTROL LAW DESIGN; CONTROL LAWS; COUPLING EFFECT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRID CONNECTED INVERTERS; GRID IMPEDANCE; LCL FILTERS; MODELING AND CONTROL; PASSIVE DAMPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; POWER QUALITY STANDARDS; PV PLANTS; SYSTEM DAMPING;

CONTROL THEORY; DAMPING; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RESONANCE;

ACTIVE FILTERS;

EID: 79957514368     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2095429     Document Type: Article

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