Practical Design and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency 30-kVA Grid-Connected PV Inverter with Hybrid Switch Structure

Hongwu Peng; Zhao Yuan; Dereje Lemma Woldegiorgis; Asif Imran Emon; Balaji Narayanasamy; Yusi Liu; Fang Luo; Alan Mantooth; Haider Ghazi Mhiesan

doi:10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236341

Practical Design and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency 30-kVA Grid-Connected PV Inverter with Hybrid Switch Structure

Hongwu Peng
, Zhao Yuan
, Dereje Lemma Woldegiorgis
, Asif Imran Emon
, Balaji Narayanasamy
, Yusi Liu
, Fang Luo
, Alan Mantooth
, Haider Ghazi Mhiesan

Electrical Engineering

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
ON Semiconductor Corporation

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18 Scopus citations

Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected inverter exposes strong challenges to its efficiency, power density and reliability. This paper presents the system-level design and test of a 30 kVA grid-connected inverter. The designed inverter achieved peak efficiency of 99.3% and a specific power of 2 kW/L by using a hybrid switch based three-level (3-L) T-type neutral point clamped (TNPC) topology. The hardware prototype presents excellent dynamic current sharing and thermal distribution during the continuous test at rated voltage and power.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3670-3676
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728158266
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236341
State	Published - Oct 11 2020
Event	12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 - Virtual, Detroit, United States Duration: Oct 11 2020 → Oct 15 2020

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Name	ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

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Conference	12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Detroit
Period	10/11/20 → 10/15/20

Keywords

hybrid switch
photovoltaic grid-connected inverter
three-level T-type inverter
wide bandgap devices

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Peng, H., Yuan, Z., Lemma Woldegiorgis, D., Imran Emon, A., Narayanasamy, B., Liu, Y., Luo, F., Mantooth, A., & Ghazi Mhiesan, H. (2020). Practical Design and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency 30-kVA Grid-Connected PV Inverter with Hybrid Switch Structure. In ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (pp. 3670-3676). Article 9236341 (ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236341

Peng, Hongwu ; Yuan, Zhao ; Lemma Woldegiorgis, Dereje et al. / Practical Design and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency 30-kVA Grid-Connected PV Inverter with Hybrid Switch Structure. ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. pp. 3670-3676 (ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition).

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Peng, H, Yuan, Z, Lemma Woldegiorgis, D, Imran Emon, A, Narayanasamy, B, Liu, Y, Luo, F, Mantooth, A & Ghazi Mhiesan, H 2020, Practical Design and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency 30-kVA Grid-Connected PV Inverter with Hybrid Switch Structure. in ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition., 9236341, ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3670-3676, 12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020, Virtual, Detroit, United States, 10/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9236341

Practical Design and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency 30-kVA Grid-Connected PV Inverter with Hybrid Switch Structure. / Peng, Hongwu; Yuan, Zhao; Lemma Woldegiorgis, Dereje et al.
ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 3670-3676 9236341 (ECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition).

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