Compensation of PV Module Current for Reduction of Mismatch Losses in PV Systems
Author(s) -
Hee-Wook Ahn,
Gi-Yob Park
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the korean solar energy society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2508-3562
pISSN - 1598-6411
DOI - 10.7836/kses.2012.32.3.026
Subject(s) - compensation (psychology) , current (fluid) , photovoltaic system , electrical engineering , reduction (mathematics) , control theory (sociology) , environmental science , automotive engineering , physics , computer science , engineering , mathematics , psychology , geometry , psychoanalysis , control (management) , artificial intelligence
AcurrentcompensationmethodtoreducethemismatchlossinPVsystemsisproposedasawaytoincreasethepowergenerationefficiency.Adc-dcconverterisusedtosupplycurrentstoirregularmodulesinaPVstringandispoweredfromthestringoutput.Theconverter'svoltageconversionratioisadjustedsothatallthemodulesinthestringareoperatedatthemaximumpowerpoint.Thepowerratingandsizeoftheconvertercanbereducedsinceonlythecurrentdifferencebetweentheregularandirregularmodulemaybesupplied.Thecompensatedstringshowsverylittlevoltagemismatchcomparedtootherregularstrings.ThevalidityoftheproposedmethodisverifiedthroughasimulationandexperimentsinaprototypePVsystem.Keywords:(PVsystem),(MismatchLoss),(MismatchCompensationConverter),(LocalMaximum) 1. (PVsystem).PV,PV [] JournaloftheKoreanSolarEnergySocietyVol. 32, No. 3, 2012ISSN 1598-6411Submitdate:2012.1.31,Judgmentdate:2012.2.11,Publicationdecidedate:2012.6.5Communicationauthor:Ahn,Hee-Wook(hwahn@kumoh.ac.kr)
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