ABSTRACT

Now-a-days the cost of solar energy decreased and the cost of fossil
fuels increased. So, the world’s moved towards the solar photo-voltaic (SPV)
energy system. The use of renewable energy Sources are increasing day by
day. These sources are clean, pollution free, and inexhaustible.

This work deals with a single phase single stage multifunctional grid
interfaced solar photovoltaic (SPV) system. The single stage topology utilized
in the grid connected PV system has the advantages of high efficiency and low
cost compared with the two stages topology the primary function of the grid
connected inverter in a single stage SPV system is to supply active power into
load and grid. The added functions to the grid connected inverter are
compensation for reactive power requirements and mitigation of the
harmonics produced by the nonlinear loads connected at the point of grid
connection.

A hill climbing MPPT controller is used for tracking the maximum power
from photovoltaic array under grid abnormal conditions. The PV array is
connected to voltage source converter (VSC) through DC link. The MPPT
controller estimates reference PV voltage and corresponding PV power. A PLL
control is used for control of multifunctional VSC. The voltage source
converter (VSC) controller uses the load and PV forward terms for fast
dynamic response. The performance of the SPV system is analyzed under grid
abnormal conditions (sudden sag and swell).