This paper discusses a single-phase three-level current source inverter (CSI) driven by a single gate-drive power supply in both chopper and inverter, and its feasibility on grid connected photovoltaic system application. Using this new topology, the complexity of the chopper and inverter circuitry is dramatically reduced by using single gate-drive power supply for all power switches. The circu...

Because of installation for local consumers and since it is free of all contaminations, connecting photovoltaic cells to the grid via single-phase inverter is significantly on the rise. In this paper, a new simple current control is proposed for a single-phase grid-connected voltage source inverter. Using the PQ theory and modelling a single-phase system as an unbalanced three-phase system, a m...

In this study, we provide a method to independent control the active current and the idle current which are output by the inverter, the power factors are achieved to be adjusted. Moreover, the angle of grid needs to be inspected by the vector control in real time so that the Software Phase-Locked Loop which has a powerful ability in phase locking under the rotating reference frame is adopted to...

This paper proposes a single-phase seven-level inverter for grid-connected photovoltaic systems, with a novel pulse width-modulated (PWM) control scheme. Three reference signals that are identical to each other with an offset that is equivalent to the amplitude of the triangular carrier signal were used to generate the PWM signals. The inverter is capable of producing seven levels of output-vol...

This paper describes the investigation of the grid-connected three-phase inverter for photovoltaic (PV) application. The inverter control system modeling is carried out in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. With the aids of the proportional-integral controllers, sinusoidal pulse-width modulation (SPWM) control technique and Park transformation, the inverter control system managed to convert PV power ...

The number of installations of photovoltaic solar panels and associated inverter systems within residential premises is increasing. As these systems incorporate a power electronics front end, they will have an influence on the quality of supply in regards to voltage harmonics. This paper investigates the harmonic impact on an 11kV distribution system due to the installation of residential type ...

Abstract: This paper presents a seamless transition method for a droop-controlled inverter. The droop control is suitable to make the inverter work as a voltage source in both islanded and grid-connected modes, however, the transfer between theses modes can result in a big inrush current that may damage the system. The proposed method allows the droop-controlled inverter to improve the transien...

This study includes a multilevel cascaded inverter along with a control strategy. This proposed control scheme directs the inverter to support the grid under three phase balanced voltage sags and during one or two phase faults. Control of voltage between grid and Distributed Generation (DG) system is a challenging subject. Integrating DG with the grid is the fundamental element of this study wh...