Nur Fairuz Mohamed Yusof¹, Dahaman Ishak², Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri^3,*, Muhammad Najwan Hamidi², Zuhair Muhammed Alaas⁴, Mohamed Mostafa Ramadan Ahmed⁵

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 2441-2457, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037778

Abstract Grid-connected reactive-load compensation and harmonic control are becoming a central topic as photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected systems diversified. This research aims to produce a high-performance inverter with a fast dynamic response for accurate reference tracking and a low total harmonic distortion (THD) even under nonlinear load applications by improving its control scheme. The proposed system is expected to operate in both stand-alone mode and grid-connected mode. In stand-alone mode, the proposed controller supplies power to critical loads, alternatively during grid-connected mode provide excess energy to the utility. A modified variable step incremental conductance (VS-InCond) algorithm is designed to extract maximum power… More >

Lei Ren, Lei Zhang^*

Energy Engineering, Vol.119, No.3, pp. 1179-1196, 2022, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.018902

Abstract Due to the components at twice the fundamental frequency of output voltage in the instantaneous output power of a two-stage single-phase inverter (TSI), the second harmonic current (SHC) is generated in the front-end dc-dc converter (FDC). To reduce the SHC, optimizing the control strategy of the FDC is an effective and costless approach. From the view of visual impedance, this paper conducts an intensive study on the SHC reduction strategies. Origin of the SHC is illustrated first. Then, the equivalent circuit models of the FDC under different control strategies are proposed to analyse the SHC propagation characteristic. The derived model… More >