Control of single-phase cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter with modified MPPT for grid-connected photovoltaic systems

Abstract

This paper presents a control technique of cascaded H-bridge multilevel voltage source inverter (CHB-MLI) for a grid-connected photovoltaic system (GCPVS). The proposed control technique is the modified ripple-correlation control maximum power point tracking (MRCC-MPPT). This algorithm has been developed using the mean function concept to continuously correct the maximum power point (MPP) of power transferring from each PV string and to speedily reach the MPP in rapidly shading irradiance. Additionally, It can reduce a PV voltage harmonic filter in the dc-link voltage controller. In task of injecting the quality current to the utility grid, the current control technique based-on the principle of rotating reference frame is proposed. This method can generate the sinusoidal current and independently control the injection of active and reactive power to the utility grid. Simulation results for two H-bridge cells CHB-MLI 4000W/220V/50Hz GCPVS are presented to validate the proposed control scheme. © 2013 IEEE.