A Grid Connected Photovoltaic Generation System With Compensation Of Current Harmonics And Voltage Sags

Authors

  • Marcelo Cabral Cavalcanti Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil
  • Gustavo Medeiros de Souza Azevedo Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil
  • Bruno de Aguiar Amaral Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil
  • Francisco de Assis dos Santos Neves Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil
  • Davi Carvalho Moreira Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil
  • Kleber Carneiro de Oliveira Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2006.2.093101

Keywords:

Converter control, Power quality, Renewable energy systems, Solar Cell Systems, Three phase systems, vector control

Abstract

This paper presents a system that provides photovoltaic generation as well as the ability to compensate current harmonics and voltage sags. The system can be controlled for current harmonics and reactive power compensation simultaneously by using a converter operating as shunt active filter. Another converter is used as active series filter and it compensates voltage harmonics and voltage sags and swells. Using only one dc-ac converter in photovoltaic energy conversion process, the system presents increased efficiency when compared to the conventional systems, composed by a dcdc converter and a dc-ac converter. The synchronous reference frame method is used to control the three-phase converters. Simulation results demonstrate the good performance of the proposed configuration. Experimental results corresponding to the operation of the series filter as voltage sag compensator are presented.

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Author Biographies

Marcelo Cabral Cavalcanti, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

was born in Recife, Brazil, in 1972. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1997 from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He was at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA from 2001 to 2002. Since 2003, he has been at the Electrical Engineering and Power Systems Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, where he is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering. His research interests are: power electronics, renewable energy systems, and power quality.

Gustavo Medeiros de Souza Azevedo, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

was born in Belo Jardim, Brazil, in 1981. He is currently working toward the B.S. degree in electrical engineering in the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. He has worked with the Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Group of the Federal University of Pernambuco. His research interests are power electronics and renewable energy systems.

Bruno de Aguiar Amaral, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

was born in Recife, Brazil, in 1981. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2005 from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, where he is currently working toward the M.S. degree in electrical engineering. He has worked with the Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Group of the Federal University of Pernambuco. His research interests are power electronics and renewable energy systems.

Francisco de Assis dos Santos Neves, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

was born in Campina Grande, Brazil, in 1963. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering in from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, in 1984 and 1992, respectively and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1999 from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Since 1993, he has been at the Electrical Engineering and Power Systems Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, where he is currently a Professor of Electrical Engineering. His research interests are motor drives, power electronics, renewable energy systems and power quality.

Davi Carvalho Moreira, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

was born in Tucuruí, Brazil, in 1982. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, in 2004, where he is currently working toward the M.S. degree in electrical engineering. He has worked with the Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Group of the Federal University of Pernambuco. His research interests are motor drives and power electronics.

Kleber Carneiro de Oliveira, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica e Sistemas de Potência – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP 50.740-530, Recife - PE, Brasil

was born in Recife, Brazil, in 1980. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 2005 from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, where he is currently working toward the M.S. degree in electrical engineering. He has worked with the Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Group of the Federal University of Pernambuco. His research interest is power electronics and renewable energy.

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M. C. Cavalcanti, G. M. de S. Azevedo, B. de A. Amaral, F. de A. dos S. Neves, D. C. Moreira, and K. C. de Oliveira, “A Grid Connected Photovoltaic Generation System With Compensation Of Current Harmonics And Voltage Sags”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 93–101, Jul. 2006.

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