Design of multiple Pulse Width Modulation (MPWM) Transformerless Photovoltaic Inverter (TPVI) system

Abstract

A normal inverter always uses a transformer. By presenting a transformer in the inverter causes its size, losses and efficiency to be relative big, high and low, respectively. An alternative to remove the transformer is very important to solve the problems, but it is still has good performance, especially in the required power quality. This paper presents a design of multiple pulse width modulation (MPWM) transformer less photovoltaic inverter (TPVI) system. It consists of a full bridge inverter circuit, a photovoltaic (PV) voltage storage circuit, a pulse driver circuit, and a circuit of LC filter. An experimental setup is conducted to observe the performance of MPWM TPVI system. The result shows that its performance depend on the solar irradiance and temperature because it operates directly on the sunny day.