Optimal Real Power Penetration to Solar PV-Fed Double Boost Integrated Multilevel Converter with Improved Power Quality

In grid-connected solar PV system, power quality gets affected seriously due to the variable real power penetration. The transformer is mandatory to integrate and isolate the solar PV and powered network. However, due to presence of this transformer, size and cost of the entire solar PV station get increased and it requires more space while supplying poor quality of power. In order to overcome this drawback, this paper proposes a double boost integrated multilevel inverter to inject the power into utility grid. In addition, the optimal control strategy is used to tap maximum power generation from solar PV and injected into grid with improved power quality. This paper presents an adaptive digital hysteresis current control approach to penetrate optimal power into grid. To validate the proposed work, the simulation results are carried out using PSCAD/EMDTC software. Furthermore, to confirm theoretical study and simulation study, the experimental test was performed and detailed results with validation were presented in this paper.