Ripple-Port Module-Integrated Inverter for Grid-Connected PV Applications Conference Paper

abstract

• The single-phase inverter has inherent double-frequency power ripple, which if not internally mitigated, appears at the input port and deteriorates the maximum power point tracker performance. Conventional dc link inverter topologies filter this significant double-frequency ripple by means of the bus capacitance, usually in the form of electrolytic capacitors, which have well known lifetime challenges. This paper presents a double-frequency ripple cancellation concept and experimental proof of concept. The proposed module-integrated inverter is based on the commonly used two-stage inverter. However, a third port is added for ripple cancellation purposes. Hence, a very small capacitance is needed, and, as a result, a high-reliability film capacitor can be used instead of the bulky low-reliability electrolytic ones. 2013 IEEE.

authors

• Balog, Robert

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Harb, S., Mirjafari, M., & Balog, R. S.

citation count

• 56

complete list of authors

• Harb, Souhib||Mirjafari, Mehran||Balog, Robert S

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS  Journal

keywords

• Double-frequency Ripple
• Grid-connected Inverter
• Microinverter
• Mil-hdbk-217
• Photovoltaic
• Power Decoupling
• Reliability
• Single-phase Inverter

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TIA.2013.2263783

start page

• 2692

end page

• 2698

volume

• 49

issue

• 6