LEAKAGE CURRENT SUPPRESSION OF THREE-PHASE FLYING

CAPACITOR PV INVERTER WITH NEW CARRIER MODULATION

AND LOGIC FUNCTION
ABSTRACT

Flying capacitor photovoltaic (PV) inverters have been widely discussed in

the literature. However, the relevant leakage current issues have not received much
attention. In this paper, the modulation techniques for a transformerless three-
phase flying capacitor PV inverter are investigated for the leakage current
suppression. First, the theoretical analysis of the system common mode model and
leakage current is presented. Second, three kinds of conventional carrier-based
modulation techniques are evaluated, and results indicate that they fail to
effectively suppress the leakage current. Third, a new carrier modulation and logic
function is presented. It is able to maintain the constant common mode voltage,
and consequently, the leakage current can be significantly reduced. Finally, the
experimental tests are conducted on a transformerless three-phase flying capacitor
PV inverter to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

MODIFIED SINGLE-PHASE SINGLE-STAGE GRID-TIED FLYING

INDUCTOR INVERTER WITH MPPT AND SUPPRESSED LEAKAGE
CURRENT
Abstract:
An improved transformerless single-phase single-stage grid-tied flying inductor
inverter is presented. The negative terminal of the photovoltaic (PV) array is
grounded in the improved topology, which increases reliability and suppresses the
leakage current. The proposed topology has buck-boost capability without
increasing the number of required components and has a high efficiency. An
improved control algorithm for proper operation of the proposed topology which
decreases switching losses has been investigated. Moreover, a perturbation and
observation maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm has been adapted to
the proposed inverter, which does not utilize proportional-integral (PI) controllers,
for the purpose of the MPPT. Furthermore, a design procedure of the passive
elements of the converter based on the corresponding operating has been
demonstrated. Simulation in MATLAB Simulink plus an experimental prototype is
developed to reconfirm the designed results. Finally, a comparison study has been
investigated for better clarification of the advantages and disadvantages of the
proposed inverter.