PV power conditioning system using a three‐phase multilevel pulse width modulation inverter employing cascaded Scott transformers

Fernão Pires, Vitor; Foito, Daniel; Cordeiro, Armando

doi:10.1049/iet-pel.2018.5586

PV power conditioning system using a three‐phase multilevel pulse width modulation inverter employing cascaded Scott transformers

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2019 · IET Power Electronics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2018.5586· OSTI ID:1786646

Fernão Pires, Vitor ^[1]; Foito, Daniel ^[2]; ^[3]

DEE ESTSetubal Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal Setúbal Portugal, INESC‐ID Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
DEE ESTSetubal Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal Setúbal Portugal
ADEEEA LCEC ISEL IPL – Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal

Voltage source inverters (VSIs) are power converters that are considered essential in grid connected photovoltaic (PV) generators. There are several types of topologies for these converters. However, from the point of view of high‐quality AC output voltage, multilevel inverters are considered the most adequate. Under this context, this study proposes a new structure for the three‐phase DC−AC conversion stage for a grid‐connected PV system. It consists of two four‐leg two‐level voltage source inverters that are connected to two PV generators. These inverters are associated with two Scott transformers. The secondary windings of the transformer are connected in a way that allows a series connection. Due to this, a multilevel operation will be achieved. The performance of the proposed power conditioning system will be verified through simulation and experimental results.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1786646

Journal Information:: IET Power Electronics, Journal Name: IET Power Electronics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 1755-4535

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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