Microgrid architectures for low voltage distributed generation

I Patrao, E Figueres, G Garcerá… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The high penetration of distributed generators, most of them based on renewable energy
sources, is modifying the traditional structure of the electric distribution grid. If the power of …

Critical evaluation and review of partial shading mitigation methods for grid-connected PV system using hardware solutions: The module-level and array-level …

IM Mehedi, Z Salam, MZ Ramli, VJ Chin, H Bassi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews and evaluates the hardware solutions to mitigate the effect of partial
shading for grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system. It encompasses both the module-level …

Transitioning to physics-of-failure as a reliability driver in power electronics

H Wang, M Liserre, F Blaabjerg… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power electronics has progressively gained an important status in power generation,
distribution, and consumption. With more than 70% of electricity processed through power …

Graph-based semi-supervised learning for fault detection and classification in solar photovoltaic arrays

Y Zhao, R Ball, J Mosesian… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fault detection in solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays is an essential task for increasing reliability
and safety in PV systems. Because of PV's nonlinear characteristics, a variety of faults may …

Prediction of bond wire fatigue of IGBTs in a PV inverter under a long-term operation

PD Reigosa, H Wang, Y Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bond wire fatigue is one of the dominant failure mechanisms in insulated-gate bipolar
transistor (IGBT) modules under cyclic stresses. However, there are still major challenges …

Review of power system impacts at high PV penetration Part II: Potential solutions and the way forward

DS Kumar, O Gandhi, CD Rodríguez-Gallegos… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Issues and challenges of integrating intermittent renewable energy from large photovoltaic
(PV) systems have been a significant area of study. Numerous research works have …

Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis for grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems

A Sayed, M El-Shimy, M El-Metwally, M Elshahed - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recently, solar power generation is significantly contributed to growing renewable sources
of electricity all over the world. The reliability and availability improvement of solar …

Analysis, design, and implementation of a differential power processing DMPPT with multiple buck–boost choppers for photovoltaic module

J Jiang, T Zhang, D Chen - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Submodule mismatch has become the major cause of losses in the photovoltaic (PV) power
generation system, which has been an important factor restricting the development of PV …

Decoupled active and reactive power control for large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic systems using cascaded modular multilevel converters

L Liu, H Li, Y Xue, W Liu - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems significantly contribute to worldwide
renewable energy growth and penetration, which has inspired the application of cascaded …

Reactive power compensation and optimization strategy for grid-interactive cascaded photovoltaic systems

L Liu, H Li, Y Xue, W Liu - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cascaded multilevel converter structure can be appealing for high-power solar photovoltaic
(PV) systems thanks to its modularity, scalability, and distributed maximum power point …