A Novel Simulation Scheme for Grid Connected Photovoltaic Generation Systems

  • Park, Monwon (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Tae (Department of Electrical Engineering, Changwon National University) ;
  • Yu, In-Keun (Department of Electrical Engineering, Changwon National University)
  • Published : 2001.12.01

Abstract

A novel simulation scheme of transient phenomenon for the photovoltaic (PV) generation system under the real weather conditions has been proposed in this paper. A grid connected PV array is simulated using PSCAD/EMTDC. The transient changes of the output current of PV array under the real weather conditions is described and the output current of DC/AC converter flowing through the utility power network is also analyzed with the PWM switching width. Moreover, the MPPT control of PV generation system is combined to the system during the simulation for the comparison purposes of the control schemes. The outcome of the simulation demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed simulation scheme. The result shows that the cost effective verifying for the efficiency or availability and stability of PV generation systems and the comparison research of various control schemes like MPPT under the same real whether conditions are eventually possible.

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