Title :
Investigation of photovoltaic array simulators based on different kinds of PWM rectifiers
Author :
Liu, Hongliang ; He, Mingzhi ; You, Xiaojie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
It is urgent to develop the photovoltaic (PV) array simulator for designing and research the photovoltaic power generation system to save cost and space. Therefore, two kinds of photovoltaic array simulators based on voltage source PWM rectifier and current source PWM rectifier are presented. They can be adopted for different applications. By the way of PV cells mathematical model, the output characteristics of PV array simulators are corresponded to the output characteristics of PV array. By establishing the simulation model of entire system, the output characteristics of PV array simulators and the stability of the entire system combined with PV power generator are analyzed and compared. The results of simulation show their characteristics of these two kinds of PV array simulators, and prove that they can match the output characteristic of PV array and test the performance of PV power generators well. So it will benefit the photovoltaic manufactures significantly.
Keywords :
PWM rectifiers; photovoltaic power systems; power generation control; MPPT control; current source PWM rectifier; mathematical model; maximum power point tracking; photovoltaic array simulator; photovoltaic power generation system; photovoltaic power generator; system stability; voltage source PWM rectifier; Analytical models; Character generation; Costs; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Pulse width modulation; Rectifiers; Solar power generation; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Circuits and Systems, 2009. ICCCAS 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Milpitas, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4886-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4888-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCAS.2009.5250424
