Title
A grid-connected switched PV array
Abstract
In this paper, a grid-connected version of the switched PV array will be presented. The PV array consists of n parallel-connected strings and m series-connected modules per string, i.e. an array with a dimension of (m × n). Using the proposed switched PV approach, each string can be reconfigured to form two parallel strings of m/2 modules per string resulting in a new array with a dimension of (m/2 × 2n). The new array may yield a higher extracted power compared to the original configuration during partial shading, as a parallel connection of modules is invulnerable to partial shading conditions. Although the proposed system provides a lower power enhancement compared to the distributed MPPT converters and differential power processing approach, it is more simple and cost effective. The simulation results show a possibility of enhancing the PV array extracted output power during partial shading with the proposed system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/IECON.2015.7392077
IECON 2015 - 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Keywords
Field
DocType
Grid-connected PV array,Maximum Power Point Partial Shading,Switched PV
Grid-connected photovoltaic power system,Control theory,Voltage control,Power processing,Maximum power point tracking,Control engineering,Converters,Electricity generation,Mathematics,Grid,Shading
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1553-572X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ahmed A. Elserougi103.72
Abdel-Khalik, A.S.22311.04
a massoud342.84
Shehab Ahmed43713.10