Research and development of electronic converters and control techniques for energy processing of photovoltaic generation systems

• Grant number: 13/18066-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Principal Investigator: Ernesto Ruppert Filho
• Grantee: Ernesto Ruppert Filho
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study and develop technologies for power electronics converters, that are necessary to connect distributed generation systems to the grid and using LCL filters, especially for photovoltaic generation. The research methodology is based on theoretical and experimental studies, whose results will be analyzed and compared. It will emphasize the modeling and control of such converters with the approach of advanced control techniques, such as analysis of multivariable systems, robust control LQG / LTR, state estimation by Kalman filter, in order to improve performance control of these converters. It will produce a prototype of power electronic converter for photovoltaic generation systems of 7.5kVA, for testing, which will be connected to the grid through an LCL filter, satisfying all the conditions imposed by the Brazilian and the IEEE norms for distributed generation. The development of this converter will involve knowledge and studies in the areas of control, power electronics, electronic instrumentation and digital signal processing. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

REIS, MARCOS V. G.; BANOS, TARCIO A. S.; MOREIRA, ADSON B.; NASCIMENTO, PAULO S. F.; RUPPERT, ERNESTO F.; VILLALVA, MARCELO GRADELLA; IEEE. Analysis of the Sandia Frequency Shift (SFS) Islanding Detection Method with a Single-Phase Photovoltaic Distributed Generation System. 2015 IEEE PES INNOVATIVE SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES LATIN AMERICA (ISGT LATAM), v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2015-01-01. (13/18066-8)

NASCIMENTO FILHO, PAULO SERGIO; DE OLIVEIRA, LEONARDO RUFFEIL; DOS SANTOS BARROS, TARCIO ANDRE; VILLALVA, MARCELO GRADELLA; RUPPERT FILHO, ERNESTO; IEEE. Modeling and Digital Control of a High-Power Full-Bridge Isolated DC- DC Buck Converter Designed for a Two-Stage Grid-Tie PV Inverter. 2014 IEEE ENERGY CONVERSION CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION (ECCE), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2014-01-01. (12/04872-0, 13/18066-8)