Large-Scale Pv System Based on the Multiphase Isolated Dc/Dc Converter

Large-Scale PV System based on the Multiphase Isolated DC/DC converter
Hyuntae Choi Wei Zhao Mihai Ciobotaru Vassilios G. Agelidis
Australian Energy Research Institute & School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications The University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]
Abstract—The large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems have already been reached 200 MW power level and they will continue to grow in size in the upcoming years. This trend will challenge the existing PV system architectures by requiring power converters with a higher power rating and a higher voltage level at the point of common coupling (PCC). The cascaded H-bridge (CHB) multilevel converter is one of the solutions which could deal with the aforementioned challenges. However, the topology based on the CHB converter faces the issue of leakage current that flows through the solar panel parasitic capacitance to ground which could damage the PV panels and pose safety problems. This paper proposes a multiphase isolated DC/DC converter for the CHB topology for a large-scale PV system which eliminates the leakage current issue. At the same time, the multiphase structure of the DC/DC converter helps to increase the power rating of the converter and to reduce the PV voltage and current ripples. A 0.54 MW rated seven-level CHB converter using multiphase isolated DC/DC converters has been modeled and simulated using MATLAB/Simulink and PLECS Blockset. Simulation results of different case studies are presented to evaluate the performance of the proposed PV system configuration. Keywords – Multiphase isolated DC/DC converter, Boost-halfbridge converter, Cascaded H-bridge converter, photovoltaic systems.

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