A New Step-Up Switched-Capacitor Voltage Balancing Converter for NPC Multilevel Inverter-Based Solar PV System

Amir Taghvaie; Md. Enamul Haque; Sajeeb Saha; Md. Apel Mahmud

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2992093

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A New Step-Up Switched-Capacitor Voltage Balancing Converter for NPC Multilevel Inverter-Based Solar PV System

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A New Step-Up Switched-Capacitor Voltage Balancing Converter for NPC Multilevel Inverter-Based Solar PV System

Amir Taghvaie, Md. Enamul Haque, Sajeeb Saha and Md. Apel Mahmud

IEEE Access, Vol.8, pp.83940-83952

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2992093

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Abstract

balancing circuit

NPC multilevel inverter

Solar photovoltaics

grid connected PV system

dc-link voltage balancing

This paper proposed a grid connected solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems with a new voltage balancing converter suitable for Neutral-Point-Clamped (NPC) Multilevel Inverter (MLI). The switched-capacitors used in the proposed converter is able to balance the DC link capacitor voltage effectively by using proper switching states. The proposed balancing converter can be extended to any higher levels and it can boost the DC input voltage to a higher voltage levels without using any magnetic components. This feature allows the converter to operate with the boosting capability of the input voltage to the desired output voltage while ensuring the self-balancing. In this paper the proposed converter is used for a grid connected solar PV system with NPC multilevel inverter, which is controlled using vector control scheme. The proposed grid connected solar PV system with associated controllers and maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is implemented in Matlab/SimPowerSystem and experimentally validated using dSPACE system and designed converters. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed topology can effectively balance the DC link voltage, extract maximum power from PV module and inject power to the grid under varying solar irradiances with very good steady state and dynamic performances.

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Title: A New Step-Up Switched-Capacitor Voltage Balancing Converter for NPC Multilevel Inverter-Based Solar PV System
Authors: Amir Taghvaie (Author) - Deakin University
Md. Enamul Haque (Author) - Deakin University
Sajeeb Saha (Author) - Deakin University
Md. Apel Mahmud (Author) - Deakin University
Publication details: IEEE Access, Vol.8, pp.83940-83952
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2992093
ISSN: 2169-3536
Copyright note: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99532307902621
Output Type: Journal article

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