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    Critical review of PV grid-tied inverters
    (MDPI AG indexing@mdpi.com Postfach Basel CH-4005, 2019) Kavya Santhoshi, B.K.; Mohanasundaram, K.M.; Padmanaban, S.; Holm-Nielsen, J.B.; Koothu Kesavan, K.K.
    Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems have been in use predominantly since the last decade. Inverter fed PV grid topologies are being used prominently to meet power requirements and to insert renewable forms of energy into power grids. At present, coping with growing electricity demands is a major challenge. This paper presents a detailed review of topological advancements in PV-Grid Tied Inverters along with the advantages, disadvantages and main features of each. The different types of inverters used in the literature in this context are presented. Reactive power is one of the ancillary services provided by PV. It is recommended that reactive power from the inverter to grid be injected for reactive power compensation in localized networks. This practice is being implemented in many countries, and researchers have been trying to find an optimal way of injecting reactive power into grids considering grid codes and requirements. Keeping in mind the importance of grid codes and standards, a review of grid integration, the popular configurations available in literature, Synchronization methods and standards is presented, citing the key features of each kind. For successful integration with a grid, coordination between the support devices used for reactive power compensation and their optimal reactive power capacity is important for stability in grid power. Hence, the most important and recommended intelligent algorithms for the optimization and proper coordination are peer reviewed and presented. Thus, an overview of Solar PV energy-fed inverters connected to the grid is presented in this paper, which can serve as a guide for researchers and policymakers. © 2019 by the authors.
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    Standalone Single Stage PV-Fed Reduced Switch Inverter Based PMSM for Water Pumping Application
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020) Koothu Kesavan, K.K.; Karthikeyan, A.; Varsha, S.; Venkatesa Perumal, B.V.; Mishra, S.
    This article proposes a standalone single stage photovoltaic (PV) fed reduced switch inverter (RSI) based permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive for water pumping application. The proposed system aims at reducing the switching losses and overall cost by using reduced switch inverter. The proposed system comprises a PMSM drive, fed by PV source through an inverter employing reduced number of switches. The inverter uses only four switches whereas the conventional voltage source inverter utilizes six switches. Field oriented control scheme is employed to control the PMSM drive. Perturb and observe maximum power point tracking technique is used to generate a speed reference to PMSM drive. The proposed system is simulated using MATLAB/Simulink platform, and it is also experimentally verified with field programmable gate array (FPGA) controller based 400 W laboratory prototype PMSM drive. The simulation and experimental results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system. © 1972-2012 IEEE.
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    Single-stage PV-powered boost inverter-fed permanent-magnet synchronous motor-driven water-pumping system
    (Oxford University Press, 2022) Koothu Kesavan, K.K.; Sunkara, V.; Karthikeyan, A.
    In this paper, a photovoltaic (PV) fed boost inverter-based permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)-driven water-pumping system for stand-alone applications is proposed. The proposed system comprises PV panel, six switches, three inductors (L), three capacitors (C) and a water pump. In this work, the boost inverter is designed with a gain of two and thereby the direct current input required to run the motor is considerably reduced. Hence, the size of the system is reduced. The voltage gain factor depends upon the placement of the L and C components and their values. The speed reference is generated using a perturb and observe maximum power point tracking algorithm. Vector control is employed to control a boost inverter-fed PMSM drive. The proposed system is simulated using a MATLAB®/Simulink® environment and experimental validation is performed on a PMSM laboratory prototype using a field programmable gate array controller. The simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy.