PID Control of a Three Phase Photovoltaic Inverter Tied to a Grid Based on a 120-Degree Bus Clamp PWM

Abstract

This paper presents a new operating type of a three phase photovoltaic PID current control system connected to the low voltage distribution grid. This operating type introduces a 120-degree bus clamp PWM control method (120° BC-PWM). A 120° BC-PWM is a special switching sequences technique employing bus clamp sequences that use only one phase under a PWM and PID control state every 60° while the other phases are being clamped. The BC-PWM method was used to generate six PWM signals to control a three phase inverter system every 60° with constant power input and a small dc link film capacitor. The main objective of this paper is to use new PWM techniques with a PID current control method to reduce the switching losses of three phase inverters. The losses were reduced to 1/3th for each transistor by reducing the time operation for each transistor. The simulation results of the BC-PWM method show an improvement in the performance of the three phase inverter system connected to the grid. Simulation setup of the system obtained is built by using a SiC MOSFET, 5 kVA, 400 V line-line and 25 kHz switching frequency. The PID control is not continuously active for each phase but is operational in 60° and saturated at 120° in a half period. Following a proper tuning of the windup, it recovers very easily.