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Nonlinear backstepping controller design for sharing active and reactive power in three-phase grid-connected photovoltaic systems

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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Tushar Kanti Roy, Apel MahmudApel Mahmud, M J Hossain, Aman Maung Than OoAman Maung Than Oo
In this paper, a nonlinear backstepping controller is designed for three-phase grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to share active and reactive power. A cascaded control structure is considered for the purpose of sharing appropriate amount of power. In this cascaded control structure, the dc-link voltage controller is designed for balancing the power flow within the system and the current controller is designed to shape the grid current into a pure sinusoidal waveform. In order to balance the power flow, it is always essential to maintain a constant voltage across the dc-link capacitor for which an incremental conductance (IC) method is used in this paper. This approach also ensures the operation of solar PV arrays at the maximum power point (MPP) under rapidly changing atmospheric conditions. The proposed current controller is designed to guarantee the current injection into the grid in such a way that the system operates at a power factor other than unity which is essential for sharing active and reactive power. The performance of the proposed backstepping approach is verified on a three-phase grid-connected PV system under different atmospheric conditions. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme in terms of achieving desired control objectives.

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Event

Australian Universities Power Engineering. Conference (25th : 2015 : Wollongong, New South Wales)

Pagination

1 - 6

Publisher

IEEE

Location

Wollongong, N.S.W.

Place of publication

Piscataway, N.J.

Start date

2015-09-27

End date

2015-09-30

ISBN-13

9781479987252

Language

eng

Publication classification

E Conference publication; E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2015, IEEE

Title of proceedings

AUPEC 2015 : Challenges for future grids : Proceedings of the 25th Australian Universities Power Engineering Conference

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