scholarly journals Simulation on microgrid connected PV system under balance and unbalance fault

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1332
Author(s):  
Ameerul A. J. Jeman ◽  
Naeem M. S. Hannoon ◽  
Nabil Hidayat ◽  
Mohamed M. H. Adam ◽  
Ismail Musirin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Matlab Simulink ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Point Of Common Coupling ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Common Coupling ◽  
Types Of Faults ◽  
Three Phases

<p><span>This paper presents an analysis in Matlab/Simulink of a three-phase photovoltaic system under balance and unbalance faults in Matlab/Simulink. The aim of this paper is to investigate the performance of the system under various types of fault. The simulation involved various types of faults occurring at different distances from the point of common coupling of the PV system. This paper also aimed to identify what type of fault that may severely damage the system. The simulation results presented in this paper show that the three-phase fault in the microgrid was severely affecting the system since it involved all the three phases of the system while the distance of the fault occurrence is less influenced in the system. The purpose of this research is to observe the effect on the system based on the types of faults occur and the distance faults occur.</span></p>

scholarly journals Design of a Proportional Resonant Controller with Resonant Harmonic Compensator and Fault Ride Trough Strategies for a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System

Electronics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saif Islam ◽  
Kamran Zeb ◽  
Waqar Din ◽  
Imran Khan ◽  
Muhammad Ishfaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fault Location ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Simulink Model ◽  
Fault Ride Through ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Point Of Common Coupling ◽  
Switch Type ◽  
Resonant Controller ◽  
Common Coupling

This paper presents the design and analysis of a proportional resonant controller with a resonant harmonic compensator and switch-type fault current limiter, as a fault-ride through strategy for a three-phase, grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system under normal conditions and asymmetrical faults. The switch-type fault limiter comprised of current-limiting inductors, a bridge rectifier, a snubber capacitor, linear transformers, and energy absorption bypass. Furthermore, a critical and analytical comparison of switch-type fault limiters is carried out, with the conventional crowbar as the fault-ride through strategy, in combination with a conventionally tuned proportional integrator controller. The designed fault-ride through strategies with proportional integrator and proportional resonant controllers with resonant harmonic compensators are tested at the point of common coupling of the photovoltaic system and at a distance of 19 km from the point of common coupling, in order to analyze the impacts of fault parameter with respect to location. A MATLAB/Simulink model of a 100 kW three-phase grid-connected photovoltaic system is used for analysis. The simulation results of the proposed switch-type fault limiter with proportional resonant controller effectively validate the stable, ripple-free, and robust response compared to all other configurations. In addition, it is also verified that the grid faults on the PV system have a significant impact on fault type, and less impact on fault location.

scholarly journals New Pulse Width Modulation Technique to Reduce Losses for Three-Phase Photovoltaic Inverters

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohannad Jabbar Mnati ◽  
Dimitar V. Bozalakov ◽  
Alex Van den Bossche
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Switching Losses ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Operational Lifetime ◽  
Term Energy ◽  
Dc Bus

Nowadays, most three-phase, “off the shelf” inverters use electrolytic capacitors at the DC bus to provide short term energy storage. However, this has a direct impact on inverter lifetime and the total cost of the photovoltaic system. This article proposes a novel control strategy called a 120° bus clamped PWM (120BCM). The 120BCM modulates the DC bus and uses a smaller DC bus capacitor value, which is typical for film capacitors. Hence, the inverter lifetime can be increased up to the operational lifetime of the photovoltaic panels. Thus, the total cost of ownership of the PV system will decrease significantly. Furthermore, the proposed 120BCM control strategy modulates only one phase current at a time by using only one leg to perform the modulation. As a result, switching losses are significantly reduced. The full system setup is designed and presented in this paper with some practical results.

scholarly journals Modeling and Design of the Vector Control for a Three-Phase Single-Stage Grid-Connected PV System with LVRT Capability according to the Spanish Grid Code

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 2899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis B. Rey-Boué ◽  
N. F. Guerrero-Rodríguez ◽  
Johannes Stöckl ◽  
Thomas I. Strasser
Keyword(s):  
Vector Control ◽  
Reactive Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Lookup Table ◽  
Voltage Sags ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Low Voltage Ride Through ◽  
Three Phase

This article deals with the vector control in dq axes of a three-phase grid-connected photovoltaic system with single-stage topology and low-voltage-ride-through capability. The photovoltaic generator is built using an array of several series-parallel Suntech PV modules and is modeled as a Lookup Table (two-dimensional; 2-D). The requirements adopted when grid voltage sags occur are based in both the IEC 61400-21 European normative and the allowed amount of reactive power to be delivered according to the Spanish grid code, which avoids the disconnection of the inverter under grid faults by a limitation in the magnitude of the three-phase output inverter currents. For this, the calculation of the positive- and negative-sequences of the grid voltages is made and a conventional three-phase Phase-Locked Loop is used for the inverter-grid synchronization, allowing the control of the active and reactive powers solely with the dq components of the inverter currents. A detailed enhanced flowchart of the control algorithm with low-voltage-ride-through capability is presented and several simulations and experiments using Matlab/SIMULINK and the Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation technique, respectively, are run for several types of one- and three-phase voltage sags in order to validate its behavior.

scholarly journals Design of a hybrid solar photovoltaic system for Gollis University’s administrative block, Somaliland

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Jama S. Adam ◽  
Adebayo A. Fashina
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Time Analysis ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Matlab Simulink ◽  
Simulink Simulation ◽  
Site Survey ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System

This work presents the design of a 100kVA hybrid solar power system for Gollis University’s administrative block, Hargeisa, Somaliland. Prior to the system design, a preliminary field work on the site was performed to essentially measure the power/energy consumption of Gollis university’s administrative block. The results from the site survey was then used to select the appropriate equipment and instrument required for the design. This was achieved by calculating the energy consumption and then sizing the solar panel, battery, inverter and charge controller. The battery back-up time analysis at full load was also carried out to determine the effectiveness of the inverter size chosen. The inverter system was modeled and simulated using the MATLAB/Simulink software package. The simulation was used to study the reliability of the size of inverter chosen for the design, since the failure of most photovoltaic systems is ascribed to inverter failures. The results from the MATLAB/Simulink simulation showed that the inverter selected for the hybrid PV system has the ability to maximize the power produced from the PV array, and to generate sinusoidal AC voltage with minimum output distortion. The results also revealed that the PV solar system can provide a back-up time of 47.47 hours. The implications of the results are then discussed before presenting the recommendations for future works.  

scholarly journals Short and open circuit faults study in the PV system inverter

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1764
Author(s):  
Mohammed Bouzidi ◽  
Abdelkader Harrouz ◽  
Tadj Mohammed ◽  
Smail Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
Short Circuit ◽  
Electric Utility ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
Pv Array ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Types Of Faults

<p>The inverter is the principal part of the photovoltaic (PV) systems that assures the direct current/alternating current (DC/AC) conversion (PV array is connected directly to an inverter that converts the DC energy produced by the PV array into AC energy that is directly connected to the electric utility). In this paper, we present a simple method for detecting faults that occurred during the operation of the inverter. These types of faults or faults affect the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the photovoltaic system, especially the inverter, which is the main component responsible for the conversion. Hence, we have shown first the faults obtained in the case of the short circuit. Second, the open circuit failure is studied. The results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method. Good monitoring and detection of faults in the inverter can increase the system's reliability and decrease the undesirable faults that appeared in the PV system. The system behavior is tested under variable parameters and conditions using MATLAB/Simulink.</p>

scholarly journals Improvement of DSOGI PLL Synchronization Algorithm with Filter on Three-Phase Grid-connected Photovoltaic System

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rofiatul Izah ◽  
Subiyanto Subiyanto ◽  
Dhidik Prastiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frame ◽  
Frequency Estimation ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Positive Sequence ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Low Pass Filter ◽  
Synchronous Reference Frame ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Low Pass

Synchronous Reference Frame Phase Locked Loop (SRF PLL) has been widely used for synchronization three-phase grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system. On the grid fault, SRF PLL distorted by negative sequence component and grid harmonic that caused an error in estimating parameter because of ripple and oscillation. This work combined SRF PLL with Dual Second Order Generalized Integrator (DSOGI) and filter to minimize ripple and minimize oscillation in the phase estimation and frequency estimation. DSOGI was used for filtering and obtaining the 90o shifted versions from the vαβ signals. These signals (vαβ) were generated from three phase grid voltage signal using Clarke transform. The vαβ signal was the inputs to the positive-sequence calculator (PSC). The positive-sequence vαβ was transformed to the dq synchronous reference frame and became an input to SRF-PLL to create the estimation frequency. This estimation frequency from SRF PLL was filtered by the low-pass filter to decrease grid harmonic. Moreover, the output of low-pass filter was a frequency adaptive. The performance of DSOGI PLL with filter is compared with DSOGI PLL, SRF PLL, and IEEE standard 1547(TM)-2003. The improvement of DSOGI PLL with filter gave better performances than DSOGI PLL and SRF PLLbecause it minimized ripples and oscillations in the phase and frequency estimations.

Transient and Steady State Analysis of Modified Three Phase Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic System

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Venkatesan ◽  
R. Rajeswari ◽  
M. Kaliyamoorthy ◽  
M. Srithar
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Controller ◽  
Multilevel Inverter ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Steady State Analysis ◽  
Semiconductor Switches ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Transient And Steady State ◽  
State Analysis

The transient and steady state analysis of Modified Three Phase Multilevel Inverter (MMLI) for Photovoltaic (PV) system fed from single DC input is presented in this paper. The transient and Steady state conditions of modified three phase multilevel inverter are analyzed using Proportional Integral (PI) and Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) with change in irradiance level of PV panels. The three phase multilevel inverter  is designed with reduce number of power semiconductor switches, components, single DC input and effectively controlled by using Space Vector Pulse width Modulation technique (SVPWM).  The obtained results are validated using MATLAB/ Simulink.Finaly, semiconductor switches and componets utilization of MMLI is compared with other similar topologies.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akpolat ◽  
Dursun ◽  
Kuzucuoğlu ◽  
Yang ◽  
Blaabjerg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Simulation Study ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Rooftop Solar

Turkey is among the countries largely dependent on energy import. This dependency has increased interest in new and alternative energy sources. Installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Turkey is increasing continuously regarding geographical and meteorological conditions. This paper presents an insight into the potential situation for Turkey and a simulation study for the RSPS designing and calculation for the faculty building at Marmara University in Istanbul. This simulation study demonstrates that 84.75-kWp grid-connected RSPS can produce remarkable power. The system is performed in detail with the PV*SOL software (Premium 2017 R8 - Test Version, Valentin Software GmbH, Berlin, Germany). Detailed financial and performance analysis of the grid-connected RSPS for faculty building with various parameters is also carried out in this study. According to the simulation results, the system supplies 13.2% of the faculty buildings’ annual electrical energy consumption. The annual savings value of faculty buildings’ electrical consumption is approximately 90,298 kWh energy which costs roughly $7296. A photovoltaic (PV) system installation for the faculty building, which has considerable potential for solar energy and sunshine duration, is indispensable for clean energy requirements and was supported by the simulation results. This paper can be considered to be a basic feasibility study prior to moving on to the implementation project.

scholarly journals Admittance Reshaping Control Methods to Mitigate the Interactions between Inverters and Grid

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 2457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Yang ◽  
Yandong Chen ◽  
An Luo ◽  
Kunshan Huai
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Point Of Common Coupling ◽  
Common Coupling ◽  
System Phase

With the increasing impedance coupling between inverters and grid caused by the phase-locked loop (PLL), traditional three-phase inverters suffer from the harmonic distortion or instability problems under weak grid conditions. Therefore, the admittance reshaping control methods are proposed to mitigate the interactions between inverters and grid. Firstly, a dynamics model of traditional inverter output admittance including main circuit and PLL is developed in the direct-quadrature (dq) frame. And the qq channel impedance of the inverter presents as a negative incremental resistance with the PLL effect. Secondly, two admittance reshaping control methods are proposed to improve the system damping. The first reshaping technique uses the feedforward point of common coupling (PCC) voltage to modify the inverter output admittance. The second reshaping technique adopts the active damping controller to reconstruct the PLL equivalent admittance. The proposed control methods not only increase the system phase margin, but also ensure the system dynamic response speed. And the total harmonic distortion of steady-state grid-connected current is reduced to less than 2%. Furthermore, a specific design method of control parameters is depicted. Finally, experimental results are provided to prove the validity of the proposed control methods.

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