PV inverter test setup for European efficiency, static and dynamic MPPT efficiency evaluation

Author

Valentini, Massimo ; Raducu, Alin ; Sera, Dezso ; Teodorescu, Remus

Author_Institution

Inst. of Energy Technol., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg

fYear

2008

fDate

22-24 May 2008

Firstpage

433

Lastpage

438

Abstract

This paper concerns the evaluation of performance of grid-connected PV inverters in terms of conversion efficiency, European efficiency, static and dynamic MPP efficiency. Semi-automated tests were performed in the PV laboratory of the Institute of Energy Technology at the Aalborg University (Denmark) on a commercial transformerless PV inverter. Thanks to the available experimental test setups, that provide the required high measuring accuracy, and the developed PV simulator, which is required for MPPT performance evaluation, PV Inverters can be pretested before being tested by accredited laboratories.

Keywords

invertors; photovoltaic power systems; testing; European efficiency; PV inverter test setup; dynamic MPPT efficiency evaluation; grid-connected PV inverters; semi-automated tests; Costs; DC-DC power converters; Frequency conversion; Galvanizing; Inverters; Laboratories; Power generation; Safety; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, 2008. OPTIM 2008. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brasov

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1544-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1545-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OPTIM.2008.4602445

Filename

4602445