Cascaded H-bridge multilevel converter multistring topology for large scale photovoltaic systems

Proceedings - ISIE 2011: 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1837-1844

  Rivera, S ^a,b   Kouro, S ^a   Wu, B ^a   Leon, J I ^c   Rodriiguez J ^b   Franquelo, L G ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADED H-BRIDGE; CONTROL METHODS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONVERTER STRUCTURE; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; GRID INTERFACES; IMPROVING POWER; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; LARGE SCALE GRIDS; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER IMBALANCE; PV SYSTEM; THREE PHASIS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TOPOLOGY;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 80052843071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2011.5984437     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, "Renewables 2010 global status report," available at http://www.ren21.net/publications, 2010.
2. pvresources.com, "Large-scale photovoltaic power plants: ranking," available at http://www.pvresources.com/en/top50pv.php.
3. F. Blaabjerg, Z. Chen, and S. B. Kjaer, "Power electronics as efficient interface in dispersed power generation systems," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 1184-1194, Sep. 2004.
4. M. Meinhardt and G. Cramer, "Multi-string-converter: The next step in evolution of string-converter technology," in in Proc. 9th Eur. Power Electronics and Applications Conf., 2001.
5. S. B. Kjaer, J. K. Pedersen, and F. Blaabjerg, "A review of single-phase grid-connected inverters for photovoltaic modules," IEEE Trans. Ind. Applicat., vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 1292-1306, Sep./Oct. 2005.
6. "Grid code-high and extra high voltage," E.ON Netz Gmbh, April 2006.
7. M. Calais and V. G. Agelidis, "Multilevel converters for single-phase grid connected photovoltaic systems-an overview," in Industrial Electronics, 1998. Proceedings. ISIE '98. IEEE International Symposium on, vol. 1, Jul. 7-10, 1998, pp. 224-229.
8. S. Busquets-Monge, J. Rocabert, P. Rodriguez, S. Alepuz, and J. Bordonau, "Multilevel Diode-clamped Converter for Photovoltaic Generators With Independent Voltage Control of Each Solar Array," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 55, no. 7, pp. 2713-2723, Jul. 2008.
9. J. Selvaraj and N. A. Rahim, "Multilevel Inverter For Grid-connected PV System Employing Digital PI Controller," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 149-158, Jan. 2009.
10. N. A. Rahim and J. Selvaraj, "Multi-string Five-level Inverter with Novel PWM Control Scheme for PV Application," IEEE Transactions on : Accepted for future publication Industrial Electronics, pp. 1-1, / 2009.
11. G. Grandi, C. Rossi, D. Ostojic, and D. Casadei, "A New Multilevel Conversion Structure for Grid-connected PV Applications," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 4416-4426, Nov. 2009.
12. E. Villanueva, P. Correa, J. Rodriguez, and M. Pacas, "Control of a Single-phase Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Inverter for Grid-connected Photovoltaic Systems," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 4399-4406, Nov. 2009.
13. L. Ma, X. Jin, T. Kerekes, M. Liserre, R. Teodorescu, and P. Rodriguez, "The PWM strategies of grid-connected distributed generation active NPC inverters," in Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, 2009. ECCE. IEEE, Sep. 20-24, 2009, pp. 920-927.
14. S. Kouro, A. Moya, E. Villanueva, P. Correa, B. Wu, and J. Rodriguez, "Control of a cascaded h-bridge multilevel converter for grid connection of photovoltaic systems," in 35th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON09), 2009, pp. 1-7.
15. S. Kouro, K. Asfaw, R. Goldman, R. Snow, B. Wu, and J. Rodríguez, "Npc multilevel multistring topology for large scale grid connected photovoltaic systems," in 2010 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG 2010), 2010, pp. 400-4005.
16. S. Kouro, M. Malinowski, K. Gopakumar, J. Pou, L. G. Franquelo, B. Wu, J. Rodriguez, M. A. Pérez, and J. I. Leon, "Recent advances and industrial applications of multilevel converters," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 2553-2580, August 2010.
17. J. Rodriguez, L. G. Franquelo, S. Kouro, J. I. Leon, R. C. Portillo, M. A. M. Prats, and M. A. Perez, "Multilevel Converters: An Enabling Technology for High-power Applications," Proc. IEEE, vol. 97, no. 11, pp. 1786-1817, Nov. 2009.
18. D. P. Hohm and M. E. Ropp, "Comparative study of maximum power point tracking algorithms," Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 47-62, 2003.
19. N. Femia, D. Granozio, G. Petrone, G. Spagnuolo, and M. Vitelli, "Predictive & adaptive mppt perturb and observe method," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 934-950, 2007.
20. M. Malinowski, M. P. Kazmierkowski, and A. M. Trzynadlowski, "A comparative study of control techniques for pwm rectifiers in ac adjustable speed drives," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 1390-1396, November 2003.