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Title: A DSP based power electronics interface for alternate/renewable energy systems. Quarterly report 3.

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/759333· OSTI ID:759333

This report is an update on the research project involving the implementation of a DSP based power electronics interface for alternate/renewable energy systems that was funded by the Department of Energy under the Inventions and Innovations program 1998. The objective of this research is to develop a utility interface (dc to ac converter) suitable to interconnect alternate/renewable energy sources to the utility system. The DSP based power electronics interface in comparison with existing methods will excel in terms of efficiency, reliability and cost. Moreover DSP-based control provides the flexibility to upgrade/modify control algorithms to meet specific system requirements. The proposed interface will be capable of maintaining stiffness of the ac voltages at the point of common coupling regardless of variation in the input dc bus voltage. This will be achieved without the addition of any extra components to the basic interface topology but by inherently controlling the inverter switching strategy in accordance to the input voltage variation.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Houston, TX (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG36-99GO10390
OSTI ID:
759333
Report Number(s):
DOE/GO/10390-Q; TRN: AH200030%%7
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 31 Mar 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English