AC-Link, Single-Phase, Photovoltaic Module Integrated Inverter Conference Paper

abstract

• This paper discusses a new PV-Module Integrated Inverter (PVMII) topology that is ideally suited for use in single-phase grid-connected PV application. The proposed MII is based on bipolar, AC-link principle, so there are no electrolytic capacitors, and a new power decoupling approach, which can use the minimum value of decoupling capacitance. Hence, a very small, highly reliable film capacitor is cost-effectively used, which also improves dramatically the reliability compared to dc-link topologies with electrolytic capacitors. Further, the proposed MII allows bidirectional power flow; a beneficial feature for advanced grid-support features such as local energy storage and reactive power compensation. 2013 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)

authors

• Balog, Robert

published proceedings

• 2013 TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL IEEE APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION (APEC 2013)

author list (cited authors)

• Harb, S., Zhang, H., & Balog, R. S.

citation count

• 15

complete list of authors

• Harb, Souhib||Zhang, Haiyu||Balog, Robert S

publication date

• March 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• n1048-2334ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Micro-inverter
• Mil- Hdbk-217
• Photovoltaic
• Power Decoupling
• Reliability
• Single-phase Inverter

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/apec.2013.6520204

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-1-4673-4354-1

start page

• 177

end page

• 182

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/apec.2013.6520204

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy