CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES i

LIST OF TABLES iii

NOMENCLATURE iv

ABBREVATIONS v

ABSTRACT vi

CHAPTER-1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Proposed system configuration 3

1.3 Organization of thesis 4

CHAPTER-2

PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

2.1 Introduction 5

2.2 Operation 5

2.3 Types of solar cells 6

2.3.1 Monocrystalline solar cells 7

2.3.2 Polycrystalline solar cells 7

2.3.3 Amorphous and Thin-film solar cells 7

2.4 Photovoltaic systems 10

2.4.1 Benefits 10

2.4.2 Limitations 10

2.5 Equivalent circuit of a solar cell 10

 2.6 Mathematical model of PV array and its characteristics 11

2.6.1 PV Model 11

2.6.2 PV characteristics 12

2.7 Specifications of PV cell 13

2.8 Maximum power point tracking algorithms 16

2.8.1 Perturb and observe method 17

2.8.2 Incremental conductance method 18

2.8.3 Ripple correlation control method 19

2.8.4 Fuzzy logic control 20

2.8.5 Neural network control 20

2.9 Conclusion 21

CHAPTER-3

MULTILEVEL INVERTER AND CURRENT CONTROL TECHNIQUES

3.1 Introduction 22

3.2 Multi level inverter Operating principle 22

3.2.1 single phase five level inverter 23

3.2.2 single phase five level inverter 24

3.3 Different types of current control strategies 27

3.3.1 Hysteresis current control technique 27

3.3.2 Linear current control 28

3.3.3 Digital dead band controller 28

3.4 Conclusion 29
CHAPTER-4

GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEMS

4.1 Introduction 30

4.2 Basic components of grid connected PV systems 30

4.3 Types of Grid connected PV systems 31

4.3.1 Reliability of grid system 31

4.3.2 Hybrid system 31

4.3.3 Grid tied battery backup PV system 32

4.3.4 Importance of grid connected system 32

4.4 Grid connected photovoltaic system 32

4.5 Conditions for grid interfacing 33

4.5.1 Phase sequence matching 33

4.5.2 Frequency matching 34

4.6 Phase locked loop (PLL) 34

4.6 Conclusion 34

CHAPTER-5

SIMULATION RESULTS & DISCUSSION

5.1 PV system 35

5.1.1 Simulation model of 1MW PV panel 35

5.1.2 Simulation results of 1MW PV panel with MPPt controller 37

5.2 PV fed inverter with standalone load 38

5.2.1 Simulation model of PV fed inverter with standalone load 38

5.2.2 Simulation results of PV fed inverter with standalone load 39

5.3 Grid interfaced PV fed inverter 42

 5.3.1 Simulation model of Grid interfaced PV fed inverter 42

5.3.2 Simulation results of Grid interfaced PV fed inverter 43

CHAPTER-6

6.1 CONCLUSION 48

6.2 FUTURE SCOPE OF WORK 49

APPENDIX 50

REFERENCES 56