Application of fractional order current controller in three phase grid-connected PV systems

Abstract

The main purpose of this work is to develop a closed-loop fractional order control system for a three phase grid-connected photo-voltaic (PV) system. A two level three phase inverter with an inductive filter is chosen as a benchmark, due to the fact that this topology is more popular and simple in a grid connected PV system. A fractional order PI controller has been tuned for current control loop of the considered system and the system responses are compared with the responses of the closed loop system with integer order controller. Simulation results show the improvement in the performance of grid-connected PV system by using the fractional order controller.