PR Current Control with Harmonic Compensation in Grid Connected PV Inverters

This paper presents a study on Proportional Resonant
(PR) current control with additional PR harmonic compensators for
Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters. Both simulation and
experimental results will be presented. Testing was carried out on a
3kW Grid-Connected PV Inverter which was designed and
constructed for this research.

• Daniel Zammit
• Cyril Spiteri Staines
• Maurice Apap

• Inverters
• Proportional-Resonant Controllers
• Harmonic Compensation
• Photovoltaic.

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