A Single-Stage Three-Phase Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System With Modified MPPT Method and Reactive Power Compensation
A Single-Stage Three-Phase Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System With Modified MPPT Method and Reactive Power Compensation
A Single-Stage Three-Phase Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System With Modified MPPT Method and Reactive Power Compensation
i
REF U
= i
LOAD U
i
F U
+i
PV U
i
REF V
= i
LOAD V
i
F V
+i
PV V
i
REF W
= i
LOAD W
i
F W
+i
PV W
.
(4)
With the proposed method, it is simple to determine the ref-
erence currents of the three-phase grid-connected PV inverter
with minute uctuations.
VI. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Based on the earlier theoretical analysis, a 300-W
P
experi-
mental system was designed and implemented. Fig. 8 presents
photographs of the inverter and PV panels in the proposed PV
system that was installed on the West Main Building, Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China.
The experimental waveform of the proposed modied MPPT
method applied in the single-stage grid-connected PV system is
shown in Fig. 9. After a step change of insolation, the MPPT
controller can maintain the dc-link voltage and keep it close to
the MPP. In Fig. 10, experimental waveforms of the proposed
PV system are shown. A deadbeat control algorithm [12] is also
employed in the systemfor PWMgeneration. The current wave-
form of the inverter adopting this deadbeat algorithm is shown
in Fig. 10(d). The currents drawn from the grid are included in
Fig. 10(e) to indicate that there is no reactive power drawn from
the grid after the compensation.
VII. CONCLUSION
Implementation of a single-stage three-phase grid-connected
PV system is presented in this paper. The novel modied MPPT
method applied in the system can remarkably improve system
stability during rapidly changing process of insolation. Due to its
improvement on the dynamic response, the step length of output
power reference is reduced, which can also increase the steady-
state accuracy of the method. A reactive power compensation
unit based on the instantaneous reactive power theory is also
realized in the same system, which can compensate the reactive
power of local load without increasing total system cost.
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Wu Libo received the B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D.
degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in
2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively.
His current research interests include power elec-
tronics applications, inverter design, and stand-alone
and grid-connected photovoltaic systems.
Zhao Zhengming (M02SM03) was born in Hu-
nan, China. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. de-
grees in electrical engineering from Hunan Univer-
sity, Changsha, China, in 1982 and 1985, respec-
tively, and the Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua Univer-
sity, Beijing, China, in 1991.
He was in the Department of Electrical Engineer-
ing, Tsinghua University, where he is currently a
Professor. From 1994 to 1996, he was a Postdoc-
toral Fellow at the Ohio State University. He has also
been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Califor-
nia at Irvine. His current research interests include power electronics and motor
control, high power conversion, motor design and drive, adaptive parameter
identication, solar energy applications, etc.
Liu Jianzheng received the B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E.
degrees from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in
1985 and 1988, respectively.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the De-
partment of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua Uni-
versity. His current research interests include power
electronics applications, grid-connected photovoltaic
systems, and wind generation systems.