TY - GEN
T1 - Gap analysis towards a design qualification standard development for grid-connected photovoltaic inverters
AU - Venkataramanan, Sai Balasubramanian Alampoondi
AU - Ayyanar, Raja
AU - Maracas, George
AU - Tamizhmani, Govindasamy
AU - Marinella, Matthew
AU - Granata, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is dedicated to the late Mrs I. Nieminen who was responsible for administering the trial during its first 3 years. The trial was initiated and financed by the Medical Research Council. We thank our tissue typing colleagues whose names have been listed in reference 12, the Wellcome Research Laboratones for support including providing the azathioprine and placebo tablets, and Mrs Sheila Button for secretarial help.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A dedicated design qualification standard for PV inverters does not exist. Development of a well-accepted design qualification standard, specifically for PV inverters will significantly improve the reliability and performance of inverters. The existing standards for PV inverters such as ANSI/UL 1741 and IEC 62109-1 primarily focus on safety of PV inverters. The IEC 62093 discusses inverter qualification but it includes all the BOS components. There are other general standards for distributed generators including the IEEE 1547 series of standards which cover major concerns like utility integration but they are not dedicated to PV inverters and are not written from a design qualification point of view. In this paper some of the potential requirements for a design qualification standard for PV inverters are addressed. The missing links in existing PV inverter related standards are identified and with the IEC 62093 as a guideline, the possible inclusions in the framework for a dedicated design qualification standard of PV inverter are discussed. Some of the key missing links are related to electric stress tests. Hence, a method to adapt the existing surge withstand test standards for use in design qualification standard of PV inverter is presented.
AB - A dedicated design qualification standard for PV inverters does not exist. Development of a well-accepted design qualification standard, specifically for PV inverters will significantly improve the reliability and performance of inverters. The existing standards for PV inverters such as ANSI/UL 1741 and IEC 62109-1 primarily focus on safety of PV inverters. The IEC 62093 discusses inverter qualification but it includes all the BOS components. There are other general standards for distributed generators including the IEEE 1547 series of standards which cover major concerns like utility integration but they are not dedicated to PV inverters and are not written from a design qualification point of view. In this paper some of the potential requirements for a design qualification standard for PV inverters are addressed. The missing links in existing PV inverter related standards are identified and with the IEC 62093 as a guideline, the possible inclusions in the framework for a dedicated design qualification standard of PV inverter are discussed. Some of the key missing links are related to electric stress tests. Hence, a method to adapt the existing surge withstand test standards for use in design qualification standard of PV inverter is presented.
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185963
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185963
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861040052
SN - 9781424499656
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 3744
EP - 3749
BT - Program - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
T2 - 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2011
Y2 - 19 June 2011 through 24 June 2011
ER -