Power Quality Improvement in A Grid Integrated Solar PV System
Power Quality Improvement in A Grid Integrated Solar PV System
Power Quality Improvement in A Grid Integrated Solar PV System
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Abstract - At present, Power Quality is one of the key them, the solar energy is the main spotlight of the energy
elements, which influences the economy of a nation. that can be developed and to be consumed. PV production
Due to rising of population utility supplies excess is renowned as main methodological data and the
power to meet the increasing demand of the predicting technology, because of its prevalence upon
consumers. To maintain the pollution and the global environmental defence [1]. Inverter topology is the
warming within the particular level alternate sources leading topology of PV grid. As the crossing point devices
of energy have used which devolops the pollution less across solar cells and the grid, inverter plays a crucial
environment. To overcome those issues non- piece in developing and consuming the new energy
conventional energy come into picture. The whole schemes, disturbing the financial side and consistency of
performance of the electrical utility can be improved the photovoltaic (PV) grid generation system openly. To
by the usage of non-conventional energy resources. get better PV grid inverter work transmission and
There are different forms of Renewable Energy consummation excellence is the sudy to be focused in
Resource (RES) are available. Among them solar upcoming era[2-4].
energy is mostly used because it is abundantly
available in nature. In addition it has lot of advantages
such as no air pollution, no fuel cost, noiseless and low
maintenance. Integrating solar power to the grid has
adverse effect on the power quality in the grid. In a
few PV based framework, the inverter is a key
segment which is responsible for the control of power
stream between the dc source, and loads or lattice.
This paper describes the difficulties and issues in the
area of power quality the due to the integration of
solar power in to grid are to be analysed. The Shunt
Active Power Filter (SAPF) with PI controller is to be Fig. 1. Block diagram of proposed system
designed to enhance power quality in the grid
integrated solar system. Grid Connected solar PV system is a kind of electrical
inverter that alters DC current from PV module into
Keywords: Solar PV system, Converter, Inverter, Fuzzy alternating current (AC). When the PV system is
logic, Power quality, Shunt active power filters. associated to the grid, it can transmit the extra energy to
the grid after satisfying the limited demand. But when the
I.INTRODUCTION demand is more than the generation, extra energy is
obtained from the grid. Thus PV energy acts as another
Requirement of energy for the human is escalating step by source of electricity. The PV system, considered in this
step due to globalisation and industrialization. In work, aims to relocate electrical power from PV panel to
harmony with the above case, since the twentieth century, the grid. Firstly, DC-DC Converter is used to boosts PV
nations across the world are enchanting process, but the voltage to a higher level than the peak of grid voltage [5].
main problem is to solving the prevention of energy Power converters are used for interfacing the RES to
getting extinct and to forfending our environment from power system. When the power converters are utilized,
pollution by amending newer technology in the field of they introduces the harmonics in the system. Conversely,
energy. Expanding the fresh and non-conventional energy, the increased use of sensitive electronic circuits in the
for purpose of obtaining them and maintaining tham at a industries and household jointly with privatization and
constant growth rate is the vital task. In the middle of rivalry in electric energy systems, pose the power quality
improvement as one of the key problems in electrical related to the integrated configuration are hurdles for its
industry. Harmonics causes distortion of source voltage, broad utilization. Use of electrolytic capacitors can reduce
addition loss due to unwanted current flowing in the the life span is also a downside for this access. Since the
source. And also it may guide to misoperation of relays, module-integrated inverter is implemented on the rear of
mains and other control units. So it is necessary to reduce the PV array casing should maintain unsympathetic
the harmonics there a many techniques to reduce the circumstances and excess temperature. The duration of
effect of harmonics [6, 7]. One of those methods is to use electrolytic capacitors, which has shorter span than other
SAPF which produce harmonic current of equal apparatus and deeply depends upon operational
magnitude and opposite polarity to that of the harmonic temperature, becomes the key barrier to expanding the life
current produced in the system such that it cancels the span of PV unit production.
harmonic current in the system. It has a high speed
response and flexibility in operation as it contains the In this article, a dc PV generation crossing point is in view
power electronic devices. of proposed as a compensatory answer for AC module
idea. Employing the significance of the ac module theory,
Shunt Active Power Filter (SAPF) is proficient of dc interfaced PV production systems are cheap and has
concurrently compensates the harmonics, current distort, higher effectiveness because of less transformation stages
and injecting the power produced by non conventional from source to stack. Additionally, consistency point are
resources [8-10]. The SAPF is a voltage source inverter transmitted by eradicating the shorter lifespan of
(VSI), is related to the load. Shunt Active Power Filter electrolytic capacitors in the PV circuit. Therefore PV cell
can keep the current balanced and sinusoidal after can be modelled as a current source which generate
remuneration for different load conditions. The DC to AC current IL. The current flows in the reverse path and which
power conversion is the result of power switching devices, is caused by a voltage between the terminals. The series
[11]. The output waveforms are consequently prepared up resistance (Rs) is due to the fact that solar cell is perfect
of distinct values, producing the output which are more insulator. The shunt resistance (Rsh) is due to leakage of
oscillatory rather the filtered ones . The capacity to deliver current from 1 terminal to the other due to underprivileged
close sine waveforms around the key recurrence is insulation. In an ideal solar cell, Rs=0 and Rsh=∞. The
directed by the regulation technique tyrannical when and simplified equivalent circuit of solar PV cell is shown in
how long the power values can become active in nature. the Fig.1
General techniques, include the pulse width modulation,
fuzzy control based technique is used. The design
scheme and configuration of these devices is based on
combination of traditional power system components and
power electronic elements [12, 13]. In this project, the
difficulties and issues involved in the zone of power
quality due to the integration of solar power in to grid are
to be analysed. The suitable fuzzy control technique is to
be designed and modelled to get better power quality in Fig. 2. Equivalent circuit of PV cell
the grid integrated solar system.
The characteristic equation of Photovoltaic cell is
II. PV GENERATION
q(V IRs )
Advancement in the field of solar energy leading to the I I pv I s exp 1
AkTc
cheaper rate of PV cells and the rates are decreasing day
by day, though they are advancing but solar energy is I IL Id I sh
costing higher among the other available sources. Due to
the higher cost, solar powered system can be setting up Where,
with the help of funds given by the government. I = Output current of PV panel (A)
Effectiveness and rate are vital driven factors on the PV IL =Current generated by PV cell (A)
merchadise. The effectiveness of the PV circuit is ID =Current through diode (A)
moderately high and the unit rate is cheap due to its high Ish=Current through shunt resistor (A)
power capacity. Yielding the energy will be improved by Rs =Series Resistance(R)
and security issues will eradicated by appending the Q =Electron charge (1.6 x 10-19C)
stimulant at the back of the segment so consumers are K=Boltzmann’s constant (1.381 x 10-23J/K)
uncovered to high dc voltage. Establishment gets to be T=Junction temperature (K)
distinctly simpler by assign the ac unit scheme, yielding N=Diode ideality factor (1~2)
effectiveness can be kept at peak even in variance
condition. But it is relatively expensive and less effective
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The PV cell power is P = V.I The inductor current detoirates until the next cycle. The
energy stored in inductor L flows through the load. The
Where, V= PV panel output voltage . total of vitality put away in the inductor during ON time
I =PV panel output current. and the supply current will courses through the load
resistor (RL) and the capacitor (C) when switch is OFF.
TABLE 1 PARAMETERS OF PV MODULE Thus the voltage across the load is (VIN +VL).The
proposed converter is designed with the specifications
Parameters Values shown in Table 2 then modelled using MATLAB shown
Rs 0.62 Ω in Fig 3(a).
Is 3.8 A
Rsh 250.57 Ω TABLE 2 DESIGN SPECIFICATION OF CONVERTER
Voc 21 V
Ig 1.13 A Parameters Values
N 1.3 Input voltage (Vs ) 21.1 V
Tc 298 Output voltage (V0) 230V
N 36 Switching Frequency 20khz
Duty Cycle (α) 0.9
Table 1 shows the Parameters for the Solar PV panel. Inductance(L) 0.8 mH
From the specifications the experimental operation had Capacitor(C) 9.1 μF
been done. Resistor(R) 500 Ω
III. DC TO DC CONVERTER WITH PI The oscillations from the boost converter are rectified by
CONTROLLER using PI controller. The converter outputs with and
without PI controller are shown in Fig 3(b, c).
DC to DC converters at this time used is Boost converter,
where input voltage (DC) is a smaller than output voltage
(DC).That means boost converter output is higher than the
PV input. Hence, boost converter is required for the PV
system with PI controller to boost-up the voltage of the
PV system. DC-DC Converters are used for dc-input
voltage which is then converted to desired dc-output
voltages where the magnitude of the output voltage may
differ than the input voltage magnitude. Normally, DC-
DC converters are classified into three types namely:
buck, boost and buck-boost Converter and here boost
converter is preferred as we need to step up the PV output.
DC-DC converters are also useful for noise separation and
power bus regulation. The DC-DC boost converter
contains an inductor, capacitor, diode and a MOSFET.
Based on the switch duty cycle the output voltage may Fig 3a) Circuit diagram of converter with PI controller
change. Generally transformer can step up the voltage, but
there may be losses in the transformer. So to overcome
this loss and to get desired output voltage DC-DC
converters is used. The converter operates in two modes,
in the first mode begins when transistor M1 is switched
lying on at time t=0. The input current ascent and flows
through inductor L and transistor M1.
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coupled apparatus. Superior power quality, however, is the grid along with harmonic compensation. The THD of
not easy to define because what is superior power quality an inverter voltage is reduced to 0.37%. The simulation
to a refrigerator motor may not be good sufficient for model of grid connected PV system is shown in Fig 6a.
current delicate computers and other sensitive loads. The final outcome shows reduction of harmonics in the
Harmonic trouble come commonly from apparatus with a inverter while interfacing to the grid. This is achieved by
non-linear voltage/current features. These days a connecting a shunt active power filter.
substantial piece of mechanical, business and local
burdens is non-direct, making the alteration intensity on
the low-voltage supply network a serious concern. As
time goes on, additional and greater gear is being utilized
that makes sounds in power frameworks. On the other
hand, new and more apparatus is being used that is
tending to failure due to harmonics. Computers,
communication apparatus, and other power systems are
vulnerable to misoperation due to the effects of
harmonics. Due to the effect of harmonics, the electric
motors has AC misfortunes in the center and copper Fig 6 b) Output waveform of Inverter voltage without
windings. This can bring about center scalding, winding SAPF.
heating, torque fluctuation, and failure of efficiency in the
motors. Harmonics may resulting, increase in perceptible
sound from engines and transformers and can energize
mechanical resonances in electric engines and their heaps.
VI PROPOSED SYSTEM
The proposed system comprises of a 3 phase AC source of
voltage 415 V and 50 Hz frequency to a nonlinear RLC
load through a source and line combined reactance of
50mH/Phase. The R Load on the DC side of Boost
converter is about 20ohm. The boost converter is Fig 6 c) Output waveform of Inverter voltage with SAPF
energized through the solar PV system of 21V and
produced an output of 230V. The simulation results of the
proposed 3 phase inverter based SAPF compensation. The
Figure 6 c, d, e shows the 3 phase voltage and current
waveforms after compensation.
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