• DocumentCode
    2640128
  • Title

    Efficient single-phase grid-tie inverter for small domestic photovoltaic scheme

  • Author

    McNeill, N. ; Anthony, P. ; Stark, Bernard H. ; Mellor, P.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    27-29 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    A single-phase 1kW transformer-less grid tie inverter is presented for supplying a domestic 230V ac mains supply from a 425V dc source such as a photo-voltaic solar panel array. Permutations of super-junction MOSFETs with SiC diodes and SiC MOSFETs are investigated. A new gate driver topology with isolation and energy recovery is presented.
  • Keywords
    invertors; photovoltaic power systems; power MOSFET; power grids; power semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; solar cell arrays; wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; efficient single-phase grid-tie inverter; energy recovery; gate driver topology; photovoltaic solar panel array; power 1 kW; small domestic photovoltaic scheme; super-junction MOSFET; transformer-less grid tie inverter; voltage 230 V; voltage 425 V; MOSFET; grid-tie; inverter; photovoltaics; silicon carbide; solar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012), 6th IET International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Bristol
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-616-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2012.0328
  • Filename
    6242180