A New Approach for Increasing Energy Harvest in Large Scale PV Plants Employing a Novel Voltage Balancing Topology Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 IEEE. Owing to economic aspects, Central inverter is the dominating candidate in large scale PV installations despite its lower energy harvest compared to other topologies like string inverters especially under partial shading conditions. In this paper a new voltage balancing topology is introduced to enable better energy yield from central inverters. The proposed topology is characterized by its fractional power rating, high efficiency, scalability and low cost. A new MPPT algorithm is also introduced to conform with the proposed topology and assure high energy efficiency.

name of conference

  • 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)

published proceedings

  • 2017 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE)

author list (cited authors)

  • Morsy, A. S., Al-Obaidi, S., & Enjeti, P.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Morsy, Ahmed Salah||Al-Obaidi, Sinan A Sabeeh||Enjeti, Prasad

publication date

  • October 2017