Contribution to the PV-to-inverter sizing ratio determination using a custom flexible experimental setup

Xavier Camps, Guillermo Velasco, Jordi de la Hoz and Helena Martín

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 149, issue C, 35-45

Abstract: This work presents a novel approach to the experimental validation of the optimal PV-to-inverter sizing ratio value for the energy yield maximization of a GCPVS by means the implementation of a custom workbench using a solar array simulator which has allowed to replicate a wide variety of technical configurations and environmental data. The compliance between the experimental setup and the mathematical model developed to simulate the optimal PV-to-inverter sizing ratio value was demonstrated by the specific tests carried out on its two main subsystems (the PV generator and the inverter), thus the subsequent simulations were made on a firm basis. Likewise, the evaluation of the overall system also showed a good agreement between the experimental and the simulated energy yield and optimal PV-to-inverter sizing ratio results, rendering relative errors below 3% for both magnitudes.

Keywords: PV-to-inverter sizing ratio; Grid connected PV systems; Inverter; Final energy yield factor; Renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.050

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