Utility-Connected Solar Power Conditioner Using Edge-Resonant Soft Switching Duty Cycle Sinewave Modulated Inverter Link

The utility interfaced sinewave modulation inverter for the solar photovoltaic power conditioner with a high frequency transformer is presented for residential applications. As compared with the conventional full-bridge hard switching sinewave PWM inverter with a high frequency link, the simplest single-ended edge-resonant soft switching sinewave inverter with a sinewave duty cycle pulse control scheme is implemented, resulting in size and weight reduction, low cost and high efficiency. This paper presents a prototype system of the sinewave zero voltage soft switching sinewave inverter for solar power conditioner, along with its operating principle and unique features. In addition to these, this paper discusses a control implementation to deliver high quality output current. Major design of each component and the power loss analysis under actual power processing is also discussed and evaluated from an experimental point of view. A newly developed utility-connected sinewave power conditioning circuit which achieves 92.5% efficiency under 4kW output is demonstrated.

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[IEEE Style]

K. Ogura, S. Chandhaket, M. Nakaoka, H. Terai, S. Sumiyoshi, T. Kitaizumi, H. Omori, "Utility-Connected Solar Power Conditioner Using Edge-Resonant Soft Switching Duty Cycle Sinewave Modulated Inverter Link," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 181-188, 2002. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2001.02.3.181.

[ACM Style]

Koki Ogura, Srawouth Chandhaket, Mutsuo Nakaoka, Haruo Terai, Shinichiro Sumiyoshi, Takeshi Kitaizumi, and Hideki Omori. 2002. Utility-Connected Solar Power Conditioner Using Edge-Resonant Soft Switching Duty Cycle Sinewave Modulated Inverter Link. Journal of Power Electronics, 2, 3, (2002), 181-188. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2001.02.3.181.