Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter
The essential requirement for a cleaner environment, along with rising consumption, puts a strain on the distribution system and power plants, reducing electricity availability, quality, and security. Grid-connected photovoltaic systems are one of the solutions for overcoming this. The examination a...
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| author | Belqasem Aljafari Ashok Kumar Loganathan Indragandhi Vairavasundaram Selvamathi Ramachadran Amutha Prabha Nagarajan |
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| description | The essential requirement for a cleaner environment, along with rising consumption, puts a strain on the distribution system and power plants, reducing electricity availability, quality, and security. Grid-connected photovoltaic systems are one of the solutions for overcoming this. The examination and verification of transformerless topologies and control techniques was a significant goal of this study. The transformerless concept is advantageous for its high efficiency; the transformerless converter has added advantages of reduced price, complexity, weight, and size. This study presents a novel high-efficiency transformerless architecture that does not create common-mode currents and does not inject DC current into the grid. A single-phase transformerless inverter circuit with two step-down converters was constructed in this study. Low-frequency switches determine the polarity of the grid connection. In order to control the gate pulses of switching devices, which each regulate a half-wave of the output current, a PIC 16F877 was employed. Because there were fewer semiconductors and they were simpler to operate, it was possible to achieve a high degree of efficiency and reliability. A prototype model with input 12 V, 2 A was fabricated, test results were obtained with reduced common-mode current and DC current, and high efficiency was obtained with reduced switching losses. Further investigation for the improvement of efficiency with the elimination of ground current and leakage current has been analysed through simulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6464fb368e2c4669bc739aac4cce29f62023-11-23T13:01:07ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-08-011517614510.3390/en15176145Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless InverterBelqasem Aljafari0Ashok Kumar Loganathan1Indragandhi Vairavasundaram2Selvamathi Ramachadran3Amutha Prabha Nagarajan4Department of Electrical Engineering, Najran University, Najran 11001, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641004, IndiaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, IndiaDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, AMC Engineering College, Bangalore 560083, IndiaSchool of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, IndiaThe essential requirement for a cleaner environment, along with rising consumption, puts a strain on the distribution system and power plants, reducing electricity availability, quality, and security. Grid-connected photovoltaic systems are one of the solutions for overcoming this. The examination and verification of transformerless topologies and control techniques was a significant goal of this study. The transformerless concept is advantageous for its high efficiency; the transformerless converter has added advantages of reduced price, complexity, weight, and size. This study presents a novel high-efficiency transformerless architecture that does not create common-mode currents and does not inject DC current into the grid. A single-phase transformerless inverter circuit with two step-down converters was constructed in this study. Low-frequency switches determine the polarity of the grid connection. In order to control the gate pulses of switching devices, which each regulate a half-wave of the output current, a PIC 16F877 was employed. Because there were fewer semiconductors and they were simpler to operate, it was possible to achieve a high degree of efficiency and reliability. A prototype model with input 12 V, 2 A was fabricated, test results were obtained with reduced common-mode current and DC current, and high efficiency was obtained with reduced switching losses. Further investigation for the improvement of efficiency with the elimination of ground current and leakage current has been analysed through simulation.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/17/6145transformerless inverterphotovoltaichigh-efficiency invertergrid-connected systemsingle-phase inverter |
| spellingShingle | Belqasem Aljafari Ashok Kumar Loganathan Indragandhi Vairavasundaram Selvamathi Ramachadran Amutha Prabha Nagarajan Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter Energies transformerless inverter photovoltaic high-efficiency inverter grid-connected system single-phase inverter |
| title | Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter |
| title_full | Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter |
| title_short | Analysis of a Photovoltaic System Based on a Highly Efficient Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter |
| title_sort | analysis of a photovoltaic system based on a highly efficient single phase transformerless inverter |
| topic | transformerless inverter photovoltaic high-efficiency inverter grid-connected system single-phase inverter |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/17/6145 |
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