A star-configured cascade H-bridge converter for building integrated photovoltaics

D. Iannuzzi; M. Pagano; L. Piegari; P. Tricoli

doi:10.1109/EVER.2014.6844017

A star-configured cascade H-bridge converter for building integrated photovoltaics

D. Iannuzzi, M. Pagano, L. Piegari, P. Tricoli

Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

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Abstract

The paper studies a three-phase PV power system connected to the LV power grid. The power system consists of a PV source, and a DC boost converter. The DC link is connected to the grid via a new cascade H-bridge converter, typical for modular multilevel converter application. A control approach is formulated. The control strategy aims at delivering to the grid the maximum power available from the PV sources with unity power factor. The control is formulated in case of inhomogeneous irradiation and the line current symmetry is assumed as system requirement. Aiming at verify the feasibility of the proposed approach, a numerical simulator for a 12 kW PV power plant is realized in ®Matlab. The results of the numerical simulations are used to give evidence to the approach in case of building façade application.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 9th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2014
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society Press
ISBN (Print)	9781479937868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2014.6844017
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	2014 9th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2014 - Monte-Carlo, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Mar 2014 → 27 Mar 2014

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Conference	2014 9th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2014
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Monte-Carlo
Period	25/03/14 → 27/03/14

Keywords

grid-interface converters
Modular Multilevel Converters
power systems
PV source

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Iannuzzi, D, Pagano, M, Piegari, L & Tricoli, P 2014, A star-configured cascade H-bridge converter for building integrated photovoltaics. in 2014 9th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2014., 6844017, IEEE Computer Society Press, 2014 9th International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2014, Monte-Carlo, United Kingdom, 25/03/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/EVER.2014.6844017

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A star-configured cascade H-bridge converter for building integrated photovoltaics

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