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Solar micro-inverters are becoming increasingly popular as they are modular, and they posses the capability of extracting maximum available power from the individual photovoltaic (PV) modules of a solar array. For realizing micro-inverters…
Grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) installations with Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking (DMPPT) architectures include a DC-DC Module Integrated Converter (MIC) for managing each PV panel, isolating it from the others, reducing the…
The integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), particularly photovoltaic (PV) systems, into power grids has gained major attention due to their environmental and economic benefits. Although traditional transformer-based…
Resonant rectifier topologies would be a promising candidate for achieving simple, compact, and reliable single-stage wireless power transfer (WPT) receiver if not for the lack of good DC regulation capability. This paper investigates the…
This paper presents current control method for a grid-connected partial resonant soft switching inverter. This inverter does not use an electrolytic capacitor and is capable of boosting and bucking the voltage. Grid-connected inverters are…
This paper proposes a new topology of a non-isolated two-phase interleaved boost DC-DC converters with modified Greinacher voltage multiplier cells (VMCs) in continuous conduction mode (CCM). The proposed topology can quickly achieve a high…
Micro-inverter technologies are becoming increasingly popular as a choice of grid connection for small-scale photovoltaic systems. Efficiently harvesting the maximum energy from a photovoltaic system reduces the Levelized cost for solar…
Multilevel converters have found many applications within renewable energy systems thanks to their unique capability of generating multiple voltage levels. However, these converters need multiple DC sources and the voltage balancing over…
In this paper, we presented a matrix converter with a high-frequency DC link for EV DC fast charging applications. Introducing this topology allows eliminating electrolytic capacitors in DC link of the converter, which potentially increases…
Partial resonance high frequency AC link converters are recognized to provide soft-switching, single-stage power conversion. They are highly reliable due to elimination of DC capacitors. Previous work has focused on proof of concept…
This article proposes the design of H-infinity-based robust current controller for single-phase grid-feeding voltage source inverter with an LCL filter. The main objective of the proposed controller is to have good reference tracking,…
Resonant converters are often being used for high power and high voltage applications to achieve high efficiency, high power density and low EMI. In this paper, we will use a resonant converter for a completely different application. We…
The investigation results of the grid connected photovoltaic single stage microinverter with a new topology are presented. The microinverter is based on the couple of two-switch DC-DC flyback converters and has simple design. The…
Multilevel inverters are used to improve powerquality and reduce component stresses. This paper describesand compares two multilevel cascaded three phase inverterimplementations with two different modulation techniques: PhaseShifted Pulse…
Mitigation of fossil fuel dependency is becoming a major concern in most of the countries around the globe. In that context, this research article presents the single phase two stage boost inverter system for wave energy conversion. The…
The photovoltaic microinverter based two-switch DC-DC flyback converters has been investigated. The microinverter is characterized by the high performance and simple design. The effect of CL and LCL low pass filter on Total Harmonics…
In this work, a non-linear controller designed using non-linear transformation linearization and feedback is proposed for an inverter connected to a weak grid through a single-stage inductive filter. The proposed strategy is…
This paper proposes a novel topology for grid connected photovoltaic (PV) system based on modular multilevel converter (MMC). In this topology, a PV array is connected to capacitors of each submodule (SM) of the MMC through a DC-DC boost…
This paper considers future distribution networks featuring inverter-interfaced photovoltaic (PV) systems, and addresses the synthesis of feedback controllers that seek real- and reactive-power inverter setpoints corresponding to AC optimal…
A Z-source inverter based grid-interface for a variable-speed wind turbine connected to a permanent magnet synchronous generator is proposed. A control system is designed to harvest maximum wind energy under varied wind conditions with the…