Solar photovoltaic power conversion system and method of operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9300225-B2
Application number	US-201314108438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	Oct 11, 2013
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A solar photovoltaic power conversion system is provided to convert a DC input voltage into an AC output voltage, which mainly includes an input capacitor bank, a first switching circuit, a second switching circuit, a first filtering circuit, a second filtering circuit, and a control circuit. The first switching circuit has a first power switch and a second power switch. The second switching circuit has a third power switch and a fourth power switch. The control circuit produces a first control signal, a second control signal, a third control signal, and a fourth control signal to respectively control the first power switch, the second power switch, the third power switch, and the fourth power switch so as to reduce leakage current of the DC input voltage caused by parasitic capacitance voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solar photovoltaic power conversion system converting a DC input voltage into an AC output voltage, the solar photovoltaic power conversion system comprising:
an input capacitor bank having a first capacitor and a second capacitor, and the first capacitor and the second capacitor connected to a neutral point and configured to receive the DC input voltage;
a first switching circuit connected in parallel to the input capacitor bank, and the first switching circuit having a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm connected in parallel to the first bridge arm;
a second switching circuit connected in parallel to the input capacitor bank, and the second switching circuit having a third bridge arm and a fourth bridge arm connected in parallel to the third bridge arm;
a first filtering circuit connected to the first switching circuit, and an output side of the first filtering circuit connected to the neutral point;
a second filtering circuit connected to the second switching circuit, and an output side of the second filtering circuit connected to the neutral point; and
a control circuit configured to produce a plurality of control signals to control the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit, respectively, to reduce leakage current of the DC input voltage caused by parasitic capacitance voltage.

2. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are connected to the neutral point to maintain a voltage across the first capacitor and a voltage across the second capacitor are equal to a half of the DC input voltage.

3. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 1 , wherein the first bridge arm is composed of a first power switch and a first diode connected in series to the first power switch, and the second bridge arm is composed of a second power switch and a second diode connected in series to the second power switch; the third bridge arm is composed of a third power switch and a third diode connected in series to the third power switch, and the fourth bridge arm is composed of a fourth power switch and a fourth diode connected in series to the fourth power switch; the control circuit is configured to produce a first control signal, a second control signal, a third control signal, and a fourth control signal to correspondingly control the first power switch, the second power switch, the third power switch, and the fourth power switch.

4. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 3 , wherein the control circuit comprises:
a signal inverting unit;
a first not gate unit;
a second not gate unit;
a first comparison unit having an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting input terminal, and an output terminal; wherein the non-inverting input terminal is configured to receive an AC output voltage signal provided from the AC output voltage and the inverting input terminal is configured to receive a triangular carrier signal; the output terminal is configured to output the first control signal, and the output terminal is connected to the first not gate unit to output the second control signal; wherein the triangular carrier signal is a high-frequency carrier signal; and
a second comparison unit having an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting input terminal, and an output terminal; wherein the non-inverting input terminal is connected to the signal inverting unit and configured to receive the AC output voltage signal and the inverting input terminal is configured to receive the triangular carrier signal; the output terminal is configured to output the third control signal, and the output terminal is connected to the second not gate unit to output the fourth control signal.

5. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 4 , wherein when the AC output voltage is under a positive half-cycle operation, the first control signal and the second control signal is a complementary high-frequency switching signal pair, and the third control signal and the fourth control signal is a complementary low-frequency signal pair; when the AC output voltage is under a negative half-cycle operation, the first control signal and the second control signal is a complementary low-frequency signal pair, and the third control signal and the fourth control signal is a complementary high-frequency switching signal pair.

6. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 4 , wherein when the AC output voltage is under the positive half-cycle operation and the first output inductor and the fourth output inductor are under an energy-storing operation because the first power switch is turned on by the first control signal in the high-frequency switching manner and the fourth power switch is turned on by the fourth control signal in the low-frequency high-level manner, a positive half-cycle energy-storing loop is sequentially formed by the DC input voltage, the first power switch, the first output inductor, the AC output voltage, the fourth output inductor, the fourth power switch, and the DC input voltage.

7. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 4 , wherein when the AC output voltage is under the positive half-cycle operation and the first output inductor and the fourth output inductor are under an energy-releasing operation because the first power switch is turned off by the first control signal in the high-frequency switching and the fourth power switch is turned on by the fourth control signal in the low-frequency high-level manner, a positive half-cycle energy-releasing loop is sequentially formed by the first output inductor, the AC output voltage, the fourth output inductor, the fourth power switch, the first diode, and the first output inductor.

8. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 4 , wherein when the AC output voltage is under the negative half-cycle operation and the third output inductor and the second output inductor are under an energy-storing operation because the third power switch is turned on by the third control signal in the high-frequency switching manner and the second power switch is turned on by second control signal in the low-frequency high-level manner, a negative half-cycle energy-storing loop is sequentially formed by the DC input voltage, the third power switch, the third output inductor, the AC output voltage, the second output inductor, the second power switch, and the DC input voltage.

9. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 4 , wherein when the AC output voltage is under the negative half-cycle operation and the third output inductor and the second output inductor are under an energy-releasing operation because the third power switch is turned off by the third control signal in the high-frequency switching manner and the second power switch is turned on by the second control signal in the low-frequency high-level manner, a negative half-cycle energy-releasing loop is sequentially formed by the third output inductor, the AC output voltage, the second output inductor, the second power switch, the third diode, and the third output inductor.

10. The solar photovoltaic power conversion system in claim 3 , wherein the first filtering circuit has a first output inductor, a second output inductor, and a first output capacitor; the first output inductor has a first terminal and a second terminal, the second output inductor has a first terminal and a second terminal, and the first output capacitor has a first terminal and a second terminal; wherein the first terminal of the first output inductor is connected to the first terminal of the second output inductor and connected to the first terminal of the first output capacitor; the second t

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ku Chen-Wei
• Hsin Wei-Lun

Classifications

• H02M7/5387 Primary

  in a bridge configuration · CPC title

• H02M7/48 Primary

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• Y02E10/56

  Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers · CPC title