Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants

Hossein Dehghani Tafti; Ali Iftekhar Maswood; Georgios Konstantinou; Josep Pou

doi:10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796360

Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants

Hossein Dehghani Tafti, Ali Iftekhar Maswood, Georgios Konstantinou, Josep Pou

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Abstract

Multilevel cascade H-bridge (CHB) converters are increasingly applied for large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power plants (GCPVPPs) because of their improved quality of output voltage waveforms, high efficiency due to the elimination of the line frequency transformer and modular structure. On the other hand, due to the high penetration of the installed distributed generation units in the power system, low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability and injection of reactive power during voltage sags are becoming necessary for large-scale GCPVPPs. This paper studies the LVRT capability of the grid-connected CHB inverter of a GCPVPP during various voltage sag conditions. Active/reactive power injection to the grid is also considered according to grid codes. The performance of the grid-connected seven-level CHB with LVRT capability is investigated on a 10-MVA GCPVPP, connected to the 6.6 kV medium-voltage grid simulation model during various voltage sag conditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	52-57
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509043033
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796360
Publication status	Published - Dec 22 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: Nov 28 2016 → Dec 1 2016

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Name	IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe

Conference

Conference	2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	11/28/16 → 12/1/16

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems

Keywords

active/reactive power injection
cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter
low-voltage ride-through (LVRT)
multilevel converter
Photovoltaic systems
unbalanced voltage sag

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Dehghani Tafti, H., Maswood, A. I., Konstantinou, G., & Pou, J. (2016). Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants. In 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016 (pp. 52-57). Article 7796360 (IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796360

Dehghani Tafti, Hossein ; Maswood, Ali Iftekhar ; Konstantinou, Georgios et al. / Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants. 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. pp. 52-57 (IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe).

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Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants. / Dehghani Tafti, Hossein; Maswood, Ali Iftekhar; Konstantinou, Georgios et al.
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Dehghani Tafti H, Maswood AI, Konstantinou G, Pou J. Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants. In 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016. IEEE Computer Society. 2016. p. 52-57. 7796360. (IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe). doi: 10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796360

Low-voltage ride-through capability of cascaded H-bridge multilevel converters for large-scale photovoltaic power plants

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