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A PV BASED SINGLE STAGE POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR

DYNAMIC VOLTAGE RESTORER
Latha PAPPATH VASUDEVAN1,Valsalal PRASAD2
1
Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai,
India, [email protected]
2
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai,
India, [email protected]

Abstract: Voltage sags and voltage swells are major distribution lines connected to the point of
power quality issues which adversely affect the sensitive common coupling (PCC), inrush currents involved
loads connected to a distribution system. A Dynamic in starting of large machines, sudden changes of
Voltage Restorer (DVR) connected to the point of
load, energization of transformers or switching
common coupling, injects a voltage in series with the
line to present a pure sinusoidal voltage of desired RMS operations in the grid. As per the IEEE1159-2009
value to the critical loads, when the supply side is standard, voltage sag is defined as a decrease in
affected by voltage disturbances. The compensation magnitude of 0.1to 0.9 p.u. in the RMS voltage at
capability of a DVR mainly depends on its energy system frequency and with the duration of half a
storage. The design and development of a Photo Voltaic cycle to 1 min [3-4]. A dynamic Voltage Restorer
(PV) based, single stage power conditioning system for (DVR) is a custom power device which restores
a single phase DVR is proposed in this paper. The PV the quality of voltage at the load side terminals
based power conditioning system of the DVR employs when the voltage quality at the supply side is
energy stored Quasi impedance (Z) Source Inverter affected [5-8].
(QZSI) to achieve the voltage boost, inversion, and
The DVR injects a compensating voltage
energy storage in a single stage. The integrated control
system controls the inverter output power, track the PV through a series transformer connected to the line.
panels maximum power point, and manage the battery The energy required for the compensation is drawn
power, simultaneously. A sliding mode controller, from the line or any other energy source or a lead
which ensures a robust control under any supply side acid battery [5-8]. Though fast switching compact
disturbances and parameter variations, effectively IGBTs reduces the size of the inverter, the cost and
achieves the DVRs compensation strategy. size of the DVR is large due to the energy storage
element and series transformer. The compensation
Key Words: Power Quality, Dynamic Voltage Restorer capability of the DVR depends on the availability
(DVR), PV power conditioning system , energy stored of stored energy. A new class of power converters
quasi Z source inverter (QZSI), Sliding mode controller called Z source and quasi Z source converters with
reduced component usage, simple control
1. Introduction strategies and buck boost capabilities [9-11] find
Sensitive loads connected to the electric wide applications in renewable power generation.
network are constantly under risk due to the power A quasi Z source inverter based DVR proposed
quality issues such as voltage sags and voltage [12] is found to exhibit superior performance due
swells. Loads such as medical equipment, factory to reduced energy storage and low total harmonic
automations, and manufacturing units of distortion (THD) in the output waveform. An
semiconductor-devices incur huge operational and energy stored QZSI is proposed [13] to use with
production losses as they are vulnerable to power PV systems to mitigate the stochastic variations in
supply disturbances [1-3]. Major voltage the environmental conditions, so that the inverter
disturbances such as voltage sags and voltage output voltage is controlled as per the load
swells occur, due to short circuits in upstream demand. Since they combine the voltage boost,
power transmission lines or parallel power inversion and energy storage in a single stage, this

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removes the need for multistage conversion and A schematic diagram of the PV based
control. A PV energy based dynamic voltage dynamic voltage restorer installed in series with a
restorer with significant energy conservation is sensitive load is shown in Fig.1. This single phase
proposed in [14]. It uses a high step up DC-DC DVR consists of a energy stored Quasi Z source
converter along with voltage source inverter to inverter fed from a PV array, a passive filter, an
convert the PV panel output voltage to appropriate injection transformer, and a sliding mode
levels of AC voltage input to the primary of the controller to regulate the inverter output voltage.
injection transformer. This set-up involves
additional control and power circuits. An attempt
is made to replace the double stage power
conversion with a single stage conversion by the
use of an energy stored QZSI. Hence a PV based
energy stored Quasi Z source inverter power
conditioning system for the efficient operation of
the DVR is proposed in this paper.
Conventional controllers used in DVR require
accurate, linear mathematical models and their
performance suffer from parameter variations [15].
Sliding mode controllers alleviate this need for
accurate mathematical models. With the Fig.1 Structure of the proposed DVR with PV power
knowledge of parameter variation range to ensure conditioning system
stability and satisfactory reaching conditions,
sliding mode controllers perform better in To achieve efficient utilization in trapping the
nonlinear systems [16-17]. Apart from simple solar power a Maximum Power Point Tracking
implementation, sliding mode controllers provide (MPPT) algorithm based on Perturb & Observe
stable and robust operation even for large variation (P&O) method is implemented.
in the supply and load side parameters and exhibit 2.1 Description & modeling of the PV array with
fast dynamic response, as the converters have MPPT:
highly variable structure.
Modeling of the PV cell and PV array has
This paper presents the design of a PV based been widely discussed in literature [18-19]. To
single stage power conditioning system with a achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
quasi Z source inverter for a single phase DVR. of the solar power at fixed voltage, various
The single stage power conditioning control algorithms have been proposed in the literature.
system simultaneously achieves voltage boosting An overview of the various MPPT algorithms can
from the low voltage PV output, maximum power also be found [20]. A simplified model of a PV
point tracking, battery control, and DC/AC cell used in the study is shown in Fig 2. Many such
conversion. The dynamic response of the DVR is cells are arranged in series parallel fashion to form
improved with the sliding mode control. The a PV module. The specification of the module
PWM controlled quasi Z source inverter with its used for simulation studies is shown in Table I. In
buck boost action, reduces the need for large the present system 4 such modules are connected
battery storage for compensation of voltage in series to get a string and two such strings are
variations of high magnitudes. Thus the proposed connected in parallel to obtain a PV array or panel
PV based DVR is capable of compensating for any of required voltage and power rating for the DVR
variation in the supply voltage even in conditions operation under consideration.
of the PV output power fluctuations. The design
methodologies are verified by extensive simulation
studies and results.
2. Development of the PV based power
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Fig 2. Circuit model of the PV cell

Table 1. PV module specification
Rated Power 37.08 W
Voltage at Maximum power 16.56 V
(Vmp)
Current at Maximum power (Imp) 2.25A
Open circuit voltage ( VOC) 21.24V
Short circuit current ( ISCr) 2.55A
Total number of cells in series 36
(Ns)
Total number of cells in parallel 1 Fig 4. Flow chart used for MPPT
(Np)

2.2 Design of the single stage PV based power

Due to the changes in solar irradiation and
conditioning System:
temperature of the solar cell, the output voltage
and power output of a PV array is not constant An energy stored quasi Z source inverter is
always. Fig 3 shows the PV array characteristics employed to achieve single stage power
between the output voltage and the power output at conversion from the PV panels to the injection
different temperatures but at a constant irradiation. transformer. This section analyses the design and
It is important to track the maximum power integration of the quasi Z source inverter with the
operating point at the same output voltages PV panel output as the energy source.
The circuit topology of the Quasi Z source inverter
is shown in Fig 5. The most important feature of
this inverter compared to conventional voltage
source inverter is the introduction of shoot through
states along with the normal active states. During
the shoot through states, either both switches of
the same leg or all four switches of the inverter are
turned on simultaneously, leading the output
voltage of the inverter to be zero. This feature
enhances the capability of the inverter to act as a
voltage boosting circuit.
Fig 3. Power Vs Voltage characteristics of the PV
array

to utilize the full potential of the PV panel,

irrespective of the climatic conditions. There are a
number of maximum power point tracking
(MPPT) algorithms exists. The power conditioning
system proposed here employs P&O MPPT
algorithm as given in Fig 4. Fig 5. Single phase energy stored Quasi Z source
inverter with PV input

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The energy stored Quasi Z source inverter is Vin. The capacitance of the capacitors C 1 and
(QZSI) used in this DVR power conditioning C2 is denoted as C and L is the inductance of the
system consists of a QZSI with a battery connected inductors L1 and L2.
across the capacitor C1. It receives input power
directly from the PV array. The power balance in In mode II, the inverter is in active state or zero
the circuit is achieved as per the equation state. This is also known as non-shoot through
state. The circuit equations during this mode are
Pin + PB -Pout =0 (1)

Where, P in, PB, Pout are the PV Power, battery dVc1

C iB iL1 io (8)
power and output power of the inverter dt
respectively. Among them, PV power is always dVc 2
positive, P B is positive when battery delivers C iL 2 io
dt (9)
energy and P out is positive when inverter delivers
diL1
power to the DVR connected load. L Vin Vc1 (10)
The circuit operates in two modes in continuous dt
diL 2
conduction state. In mode I, the shoot through L Vc 2 (11)
state, the inverter legs are short circuited through dt
any one leg or both the legs. Where io is the current flowing into the inverter.
In a switching cycle with period T, if T 0 is
considered as the shoot through period, the From the above equations, it can be deducted that
remaining duration T1 is the active state of the The DC link peak voltage of the QZSI is
inverter.
1
VPN Vin (12)
Thus T T0 T1 (2) 1 2D
VPN Vc1 Vc2 (13)
T
The shoot through duty ratio D 0 (3)
T By neglecting the internal resistance of the battery,
it can be shown that
The circuit equations during shoot through state,
VPN 2VB Vin (14)
mode I are
The peak of the output voltage can be given as
dVc1
C iB iL 2 (4)
vop VPN
M (15)
dt 2
The non-linear relation between the PV panel
dVc 2 voltage Vin and the output current iL1 is given by
C iL (5)
dt
diL1 Vin f (iL1) (16)
L Vin Vc 2 (6)
dt
2.3 Control Methodology of the energy stored
diL 2
L Vc1 QZSI:
dt (7) Either the PV panel power or the battery power
Where iL1, iL2 and iB are the currents through the can be controlled through the duty cycle D.
inductor L1, L2, and battery respectively. The Together with the modulation index and the duty
voltages across the capacitor C1 is denoted as VC1
and across C 2 as VC2. The PV array output voltage

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Fig 6. Complete block diagram of the proposed DVR with PV based power conditioning system

ratio D, the inverter output power can be consequently, Pin is controlled. The modulation
controlled. A schematic block diagram of the index M is used to control the inverter output
proposed control scheme of the power power Pout and the battery power PB as per
conditioning system is shown in Fig 6. The PV Equation (1). However, the dc-link peak voltage
panel power based control which is adopted here, VPN is uncontrolled and oscillates with Vin.
automatically controls the battery charging as well.
From the above equations, it can be deduced that If the transpose of the state variable matrix is
described as
1 2D
Vin Vc1 (17)
1 D XT= [x1, x2, x3, x4]= [VC1, VC2, iL1, iL2] (19)
1 2D
Vin VB (18) From the above equations involving state variables
1 D
we can write,
Though the battery voltage changes with the state
of charge (SOC) of the battery, it will be Cx2 (1 2d ) x3 (1 D)iB ( D 1)io (20)
relatively constant at certain SOC. Also, the Lx3 (2D 1) x2 DVin (21)
voltage of the PV panel is highly current
dependent. Thus, for a given battery voltage Assuming that there are small variations of all
greater than both the open-circuit voltage of the variables around their equilibrium states, such as
PV panel and the inverters line-to-line output
voltage, the voltage Vin of the PV panel can be x 2 x 2 x 2 , x3 x 3 x3 , D D D etc.
controlled to track its maximum power point by
continuously adjusting the duty cycle D.
where the symbols - and above the variables
Therefore, D is used to control Vin for working
denote their equilibrium states and small
towards the PV panels maximum power, and
variations, respectively. As a result, the small-
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Cx 2 (1 2 D) x 3 (id iB 2 x 3) D (1 D)iB ( D 1)id (22) VB Vin

D (26)
Lx3 (2 D 1) x 2 (2 x 2 Vin) D DVin 2VB Vin

The small signal variation from the V-I

characteristics of the PV panel gives the relation The duty ratio D is derived from the above two
relationships. The complete control block diagram
Vin R x3 (23) of the entire set up with the PV panel power and
where R is a fictitious he nonlinear resistance.
MPPT controller is given in Fig 6. In the PV panel
the small-signal-based transfer function between based control system, the panel voltage Vin and
the the PV panel voltage and the shoot-through panel output current iL is sensed to calculate the
duty cycle is by actual PV power and this is used to track the
desired PV panel voltage Vin* using the MPPT
Vin C (2 x 2 Vin) s (1 2 D)(2 x 3 iB i 0) (24)
G 0( s ) R algorithm as given in Fig 4. In the system under
D LCs 2 CRDs (1 2D)2
study, L= 400H, C=500F, the PV panel voltage
D kpe ki e.dt , where e Vin* Vin Vin = 66V, the DC link voltage of the inverter
280V, and R=.37. As per the equation (25), the PI
The proportionalintegral (PI) regulator is controller was tuned with k p = -0.0015 and Ki = -
employed in the PV voltage closed-loop control to 1.05. The bode plots of G 0(s), GPI(s), and G0(s).
find the desired variation of shoot-through duty GPI(s) are shown in curves 1, 2, and 3 of Fig 7. The
cycle for a PV voltage reference variation by gain margin and phase margin show that the open
loop system is stable. The bode plots of the closed
D kps ki loop transfer function of the PV controller based
GPI ( s) (25)
E s on small signal analysis shown in Fig 8 also
The steady state duty ratio D is given by indicate the stability of the model.

Bode Diagram Bode Diagram

0
100
-10

-20
50 1
Magnitude (dB)

-30
Magnitude (dB)

-40
0
-50
3
-60
-50
-70
2
-80
-100 0
270

180
-45
Phase (deg)
Phase (deg)

90

-90
0

-90
-135
0 1 2 3 4 5
-180 10 10 10 10 10 10
0 1 2 3 4 5
10 10 10 10 10 10 Frequency (rad/s)
Frequency (rad/s)

Fig 8. Bode plots of closed loop system

Fig 7. Bode plots of open loop system

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Table 2. System parameters for the simulation study of

2.4 Sliding mode control scheme of the DVR
the proposed DVR
The control scheme of the proposed DVR
consists of a PV panel voltage control along with Source Voltage 230V
sliding mode controller to inject appropriate Frequency 50 Hz
voltage to the line in the event of a voltage Injection 1:1, 1.5kVA
disturbance. Feed forward control uses the steady transformer
state shoot through ratio given by (25) to speed up Load 500W, 0.2 pf
the response in practical systems. A P&O based Inverter switching 10kHz
MPPT scheme tracks the demand power of the PV frequency
panel on calculating the actual PV panel power, Quasi Z source L 500H
and maintains a steady output voltage. The sliding impedance C 500F
mode controller receives a reference voltage signal Battery 320V, 4Ah
and the actual injected voltage of the DVR to Filter R 0.3
generate the modulating signal of the PWM L 12mH
controller of the Quasi Z source inverter. C 80F
The reference voltage to be injected by the DVR is
obtained by subtracting the reference source Simulation tests are conducted to determine the
voltage and actual source voltage. Using a phase ability of the proposed DVR to mitigate voltage
locked loop (PLL) a sine template is generated,
sags and swells under different operating
which is then multiplied with the peak of the
conditions of the PV panel. Three different
supply reference voltage to obtain the reference
supply voltage. The actual DVR injected voltage is climatic conditions of the PV panel are considered
then subtracted from the reference DVR voltage to for analysis. In case I, The PV panel temperature is
obtain the error signal, and then processed by the held constant at 30oC throughout the simulation
sliding mode controller. The output of the sliding time. The solar irradiation is changed from
mode controller is the reference signal for the 850W/m2 to 650W/m2 at 0.15 sec as shown in Fig
PWM generator of the inverter. Simple boost 9. The resultant changes in the PV panel output
modulation technique is combined with the power, output current and voltage Vin are shown
triangular carrier PWM technique to obtain the in Fig 10. It shows that the MPPT system
pulse trains for the QZSI to enable the shoot effectively regulates the PV voltage in the event of
through stages. This enables the inverter to operate climatic variations and load demands. Fig 11
in boost mode also, thus providing compensation shows the DC link voltage of the QZSI along with
for voltage sags with a reduced dc source. the panel voltage, voltage across the capacitor C 2
and the battery voltage. Fig 12 shows the voltage
3. Simulation results and discussion disturbances in the line and the subsequent
mitigation of that with the DVR. The desired load
Entire system with PV panel, MPPT voltage is shown on top, followed with the actual
controller, QZSI with the sliding mode controller terminal voltage, compensated load voltage, and
of the DVR is simulated in MATLAB SIMULINK the DVR injected Voltage. The system is subjected
environment. The system parameters used for the to 30% sag from 0.05 sec to 0.2 sec and again
simulation of the proposed DVR is given in Table a70% sag from 0.25sec to 0.35sec. It can be seen
2. A 230V distribution system supplying power to that even under fluctuating climatic conditions, the
a predominantly resistive load was chosen as the
PV panel along with the stored energy of the
part of the network in need of compensation. A 1.5
inverter, the DC link voltage of the inverter is
kVA transformer acts as the injection transformer,
whose secondary windings are connected in series maintained almost constant. This enables the DVR
with the line, closer to the load end. to mitigate voltage sags of varying depths
efficiently. The harmonic content of the load
voltage shown in Fig 13 indicates the quality of
the injected voltage. This shows the ability of the
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mode controller to support the DVR in mitigating 500

voltage disturbances.

Desired Load
Voltage(V)
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
500

Voltage(V)
Terminal
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
500

DVR injected
Voltage(V)
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

Compensated Load
500

Voltage(V)
0

Fig 9. Changes in irradiation at constant temperature -500

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

600 Fig 12. Simulation results for voltage sag conditions 60% and
80%
PV Power(W)

400

200

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

4.5
PV Current(A)

3.5

3
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

150
PV Voltage(V)

100

50

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

Fig 13. THD profile of the load voltage

Fig 10. Changes in PV output power, current and voltage

In case II, The PV panel irradiation was held constant

600
at 800W/m2 throughout the simulation time. The cell
Vpn (V)

400

200
temperature was changed at .15 sec from 30oC to 35oC
0 as shown in Fig 14.This causes a reduction in panel
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
150 output power. The resultant changes in the PV panel
100 output power, output current and voltage Vin are shown
Vin(V)

50
in Fig 15. This again proves the efficiency of the MPPT
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 system in effectively regulating the PV voltage in the
300

200
event of climatic variations and load demands. Fig 16
Vc2(V)

100
shows the DC link voltage of the quasi Z source
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
inverter along with the panel voltage, voltage across the
400 capacitor C2 and the battery voltage. Fig 17 shows the
voltage disturbances in the line and the subsequent
Vbat(V)

200

0
mitigation of that with the DVR. The desired load
0 0.05 0.1 0.15
Time(sec)
0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
voltage is shown on top, followed with the actual
terminal voltage, compensated load voltage, and the
Fig 11. Inverter voltage VPN, PV panel voltage Vin, DVR injected Voltage. The system was subjected to
Capacitor voltage Vc2 and Battery voltage V bat 60% sag from 0.05 Sec to 0.15 Sec and a 40% voltage
swell from 0.2Sec to 0.28Sec. During voltage swells,
the DVR injects a voltage in phase opposition. Here
again it can be seen that even under fluctuating climatic
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the inverter, the DC link voltage of the inverter is

maintained almost constant. This enables the DVR to
mitigate voltage sags and swells of varying depths 500
efficiently. The harmonic content of the load voltage

Desired load
voltage(V)
0
shown in Fig 18 indicates the quality of the injected
voltage. -500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
500

voltage(V)
Terminal
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
200

DVR injected
voltage(V)
0

-200
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

Compensated load
500

voltage(V)
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

Fig 17. THD profile of the load voltage

Fig 14. Variation in temperature of the PV panel

600
PV Power (W)

400

200

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

4.5
PV Current (A)

3.5

2.5
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

150
PV Voltage(V)

100

50

0
Fig. 18. THD profile of the load voltage
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

Fig. 15. Changes in PV output power, current and voltage In case III, The PV panel irradiation was held
1000
constant at 850W/m2 till 0.15sec,then reduced to 650
W/m2 till 0.3sec and subsequently raised to 750 W/m2
Vpn(V)

500
till the end of simulation as shown in Fig 19. The cell
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 temperature was changed at 0.1 Sec from 27oC to 33oC
150

100
as shown in Fig 14. These changes in atmospheric
Vin(V)

50
conditions cause a reduction in panel output power. The
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
resultant changes in the PV panel output power, output
300 current and voltage Vin are shown in Fig 21. This again
200 proves the efficiency of the MPPT system in effectively
Vc2(V)

100
regulating the PV voltage in the event of climatic
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
variations and load demands. Fig 22 shows the DC link
400
voltage of the quasi Z source inverter along with the
Vbat(V)

200
panel voltage, voltage across the capacitor C 2 and the
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
battery voltage. Fig 23 shows the voltage disturbances
Time(sec)
in the line and the subsequent mitigation of that with the
Fig 16. Inverter voltage VPN, PV panel voltage Vin, DVR. The desired load voltage is shown on top,
Capacitor voltage Vc2 and Battery voltage V bat followed with the actual terminal voltage, compensated
load voltage, and the DVR injected Voltage. The

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system was subjected to 30% sag from 0.05 sec to 0.15

600
sec and a 70% voltage sag from 0.2sec to 0.28sec. Here

PV Power(W)
again it can be seen that even under fluctuating climatic 400

conditions, the PV panel along with the stored energy of 200

the inverter, the DC link voltage of the inverter is 0

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

maintained almost constant. This enables the DVR to 4.5

mitigate voltage sags and swells of varying depths

PV Current(A)
4

efficiently. The harmonic content of the load voltage 3.5

shown in Fig 24 indicates the quality of the injected 3

2.5
voltage. 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

For the same climatic conditions as discussed for 150

PV Voltage(V)
case III, the supply voltage disturbances were changed. 100

The panel output quantities shown in Fig 25 and the dc 50

link voltage, panel voltage, capacitor and battery 0

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
voltages are shown in Fig 26. The system was Time(sec)

subjected to 60% sag from 0.04 sec to 0.16 sec and a

Fig 21. Changes in PV output power, current and voltage
40% voltage swell from 0.2sec to 0.28sec as given in
Fig 27. It shows that the designed DVR power
conditioning system is capable to efficiently support the 600

distribution system, despite the atmospheric conditions 400

Vpn(V)
200
affecting the PV panel power output. The THD profile
0
shown in Fig 28 indicates the high quality of the 150
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

injected voltage of the DVR. 100

Vin(V)

50

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
300

200
Vc2(V)

100

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
400
Vbat(V)

200

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

Fig 22. Inverter voltage VPN, PV panel voltage Vin,

Fig 19. Changes in irradiation of the PV panel Capacitor voltage Vc2 and Battery voltage V bat

500
Desired load
voltahe(V)

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
500
Voltage(V)
Terminal

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
500
DVR injected
voltage(V)

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Compensated load

500
voltage(V)

0
Fig 20. Variation in temperature of the PV panel
-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

Fig 23. Simulation results for voltage sag and swell

conditions

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500

Desired load
voltage(V)
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
500

voltage(V)
Terminal
0

-500
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
200

DVR injected
voltage(V)
0

-200
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

load voltage(V)
Compensated
500

Fig 24. THD profile of the load voltage -500

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time(sec)

600 Fig 27. Simulation results for voltage sag and swell
PV Power (W)

400 conditions
200

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

4.5
PV Current (A)

3.5

2.5
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35

150
PV Voltage(V)

100

50

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Time

Fig 25. Changes in PV output power, current and voltage

Fig 28. THD profile of the load voltage

4. Conclusions
1000
This paper describes the design, analysis
Vpn(V)

500
and simulation of a PV based, single stage power
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 conditioning system for a single phase DVR . The
150

100
PV based power conditioning system of the DVR
Vin(V)

50
employs energy stored Quasi Z Source Inverter
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
(QZSI) to achieve the voltage boost, inversion, and
300 energy storage in single-stage. The designed
200
control system controls the inverter output power,
Vc2(V)

track the PV panels maximum power point, and

100

0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
400
manage the battery power, simultaneously. The
performance of the proposed system is excellent
Vbat(V)

200
and it involves less switching circuits compared to
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15
Time(sec)
0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 the systems described in the literature. Test
conditions were developed to mimic various
Fig 26. Inverter voltage VPN, PV panel voltage Vin, climatic conditions and supply side disturbances.
Capacitor voltage Vc2 and Battery voltage V bat
Detailed simulation studies show that the designed
power conditioning system offers excellent
support to the performance of the DVR under
different operating conditions. The compensating
capability of the DVR is found to be highly

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