Title :
The impact of irradiance time behaviors on inverter sizing and design
Author :
Chen, Song ; Li, Peng ; Brady, David ; Lehman, Brad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper investigates the time behavior of over-irradiance events in which the photovoltaic (PV) array outputs more power than the rated power of the inverter. A new dynamic interpretation of such events is proposed and is compared to the conventional static viewpoint. Facts revealed under such dynamic view may lead to new guidelines for system integrators and inverter designers in both sizing and designing inverters. A way to extend overload operation time of inverters is also proposed.
Keywords :
invertors; photovoltaic power systems; radiation effects; inverter sizing; irradiance time behaviors; photovoltaic array; Cooling; Delay; Delay effects; Energy loss; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Inverter sizing; inverter protection scheme; short-interval irradiance data;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2010 IEEE 12th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7462-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7461-5
DOI :
10.1109/COMPEL.2010.5562387
