Design of Cascaded Multilevel Inverter and Enhanced MPPT Method for Large-Scale Photovoltaic System Integration

Faculty Engineering Year: 2023
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Journal: Sustainability MDPI Volume:
Keywords : Design , Cascaded Multilevel Inverter , Enhanced MPPT    
Abstract:
The key goal of this effort is to develop an efficient control system for a three-phase cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter powered by the photovoltaic (PV) system. The power for the system is generated through the use of PV modules, which serve as DC inputs for the cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. The authors aim to achieve a nearly sinusoidal signal at the voltage level and are specifically focused on minimizing the total harmonic distortion (THD) to the smallest possible value. Hence, an advanced N-level space vector modulation (SVM) is developed to ensure an appropriate control for the cascaded inverter. The aim is to design an effective control strategy to increase inverter efficacy and, thus, supply the best output quality. In addition, a robust approach to the maximum power point (MPP) tracking (MPPT) technique is developed based on an adaptive perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm to ensure superior tracking of the MPP. The developed algorithm eliminates 90% of the power curve area in the search space process and only maintains 10% of the area that includes the MPP. Each PV system employs its own improved MPPT control. The numerical results confirm that the enhanced P&O algorithm attains a precise response with superior efficiency and a fast response under the fast alteration of environmental conditions. Hence, the energy loss is reduced. The simulation results validate the effectiveness of this study, highlighting the high efficiency of the control strategy and the enhanced performance of the proposed scheme with lesser THD values.
   
     
 
       

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