Reliability Issues in Photovoltaic Power Processing Systems

By Giovanni Petrone, Giovanni Spagnuolo, Remus Teodorescu, Mummadi Veerachary, Massimo Vitelli. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print), 2008

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A New Technique for Tracking the Global Maximum Power Point of PV Arrays Operating Under Partial-Shading Conditions (2012, background): “erating conditions of PV systems, the power loss due to the MPPT algorithm convergence to a local (instead of the global) MPP may be up to 70% [11].”
A Novel MPPT Technique Based on an Image of PV Modules (2017, background): “Unfortunately, this results in significant overall energy losses that may exceed 70%, as in [6].”
A High-Performance Adaptive Incremental Conductance MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems (2016, background): “The perturbation selections are different for HC and P&O: one is the duty ratio of the power converter [6] and the other one is the voltage of the PV array [7,8].”
Photovoltaic Power-Increment-Aided Incremental-Conductance MPPT With Two-Phased Tracking (2013, methodology): “Besides, a linear control for MPPT [13], reliability concern of MPPT [14], and current-fed conversion with isolation to prevent commonmode current in thin-film PV module [21] were also presented to enrich the MPPT ability in application.”
Efficiency Optimization of a DSP-Based Standalone PV System Using Fuzzy Logic and Dual-MPPT Control (2012, background): “The literature is rich with various MPPT techniques varying in implementation complexity, cost, adjustability to different PV systems, and overall produced efficiency [15]–[41].”
A Global Maximum Power Point Tracking Scheme Employing DIRECT Search Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems (2010, background): “They vary in complexity, convergent speed, cost, and range of effectiveness [1], [2] or hardware implementation [3]–[6].”
Electrical PV Array Reconfiguration Strategy for Energy Extraction Improvement in Grid-Connected PV Systems (2009, background): “Unfortunately, commercial inverters rarely include these advanced algorithms [3].”
A Technique for Improving P&O MPPT Performances of Double-Stage Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems (2009, background): “adoption of electrolytic capacitors [3].”
A Novel Improved Variable Step-Size Incremental-Resistance MPPT Method for PV Systems (2011, background): ““Hill climbing” [1]–[3] and “perturb and observe” (P&O) [4]–[9] algorithms are widely introduced to PV systems due to their simplified control structures and easy implementation.”
Simulation and Hardware Implementation of Incremental Conductance MPPT With Direct Control Method Using Cuk Converter (2011, background): “In [10], efficiency was observed to be as much as 98.2%, but it is TABLE I COMPARISON OF COMMON MPPT METHODS doubtful of the IncCond method reliability issues due to the noise of components.”
Control Issues in Single-Stage Photovoltaic Systems: MPPT, Current and Voltage Control (2012, methodology): “The most relevant goals of PV energy include cost reduction of the power-converter stage, increased efficiency of both panels and converters, and considerable improvement in converter reliability [3], [78].”
A survey of the most used MPPT methods: Conventional and advanced algorithms applied for photovoltaic systems (2015, background): “In [54], the efficiency was observed to be as much as 98.”
Toward Reliable Power Electronics: Challenges, Design Tools, and Opportunities (2013, background): “The reliability issues of different maximum power point tracking algorithms and implementations for PV inverters are discussed in [10].”