《《micro_Inverter》.pdf

PV Energy Extraction Characteristic Study under Shading Conditions for Different Converter Configurations Huiying Zheng, Student Member, IEEE Shuhui Li, Senior Member, IEEE and Julio Proano shzb Abstract -- A solar photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion system brands of PV modules can be affected considerably even by requires power converters for maximum power extraction and shading of the branch of a leafless tree. Therefore, it is grid integration. At present, typical converter configurations important to understand what the differences of the energy used in a solar PV system include central, string and micro extraction characteristics are when using different converter converter based PV systems. In order to develop efficient and schemes. In [10], it is indicated that a central converter PV reliable energy conversion technologies, this paper compares the system experiences multiple peaks under shading conditions, energy extraction characteristics of a PV system for different resulting in difficulties in maximum power point tracking. In converter configurations. The paper particularly focuses on how energy extraction characteristics of a PV array are affected by [8, 11], it is pointed out that the string converter system has uneven shadings. The paper also proposes bypass diode the advantage in capturing the maximum power of each string arrangements for PV modules and arrays. A detailed compari