Modeling and experimental validation of solar PV system for cascade H-bridge multilevel inverter

Author

Chitra, A. ; Himavathi, S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., VIT Univ., Vellore, India

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 Feb. 2013

Firstpage

260

Lastpage

265

Abstract

This work envisages modeling solar photovoltaic (PV) systems as it is one of the most promising renewable energy source. A mathematical model of the PV system assumes importance as it enables the study of its performance under varying environmental and load conditions so as to assess its suitability for real time applications. To serve this purpose a mathematical model of the PV system has been developed in Matlab. The simulator is modeled to support a large array PV system, so that it can be interfaced with power electronic converters. Also the PV model has been connected with the cascade multilevel inverter (MLI) and the results are presented. The simulation results illustrate that this inverter topology is a right choice for PV applications.

Keywords

invertors; photovoltaic power systems; solar power stations; MLI; Matlab; cascade H-bridge multilevel inverter; inverter topology; large array PV system; mathematical model; power electronic converters; renewable energy source; solar PV system modeling; solar photovoltaic system modelling; Inverters; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic cells; Temperature; Topology; Cascade H-Bridge MLI; Matlab; Modelingof PV systems; Solar simulator; THD;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power, Energy and Control (ICPEC), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sri Rangalatchum Dindigul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6027-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPEC.2013.6527662

Filename

6527662