Advances in Photovoltaic Systems: Modelling, Power Converters and Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 February 2024) | Viewed by 1875
Special Issue Editors
Interests: PV systems; power electronics; power quality
Interests: PV systems; power electronics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: PV systems; power electronics; power quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rise in the worldwide demand for electricity, the well-known advantages of renewable energy sources, and the cost reductions associated with their implementation are the primary drivers for levels of high photovoltaic (PV) penetration into many countries, with production ranging from small distributed generation PV systems to large centralized PV power plants.
Photovoltaic research and development have reached a certain level of maturity, shifting the scientific community’s focus from basic research to more advanced topics, such as non-conventional PV configurations, power converter topologies and control and new trends in PV cell/module modelling, PV system operation and maintenance (O&M) and PV applications.
The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original high-impact research and reviews of PV systems, with a particular focus on modelling, power converters and applications. Topics of interest may include (but are not limited to) the following areas:
- PV cell/module models capable of representing the I-V behaviour under different environmental conditions;
- Monitoring, detection, classification and/or localization of failures and degradation modes of PV modules, strings and/or arrays;
- Distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT) converters (also known as solar optimizers): series-connected and parallel-connected DC–DC converters configurations;
- High-gain DC-DC power converter topologies, modelling and control;
- Partial power DC–DC converter configuration, topologies, modelling and control;
- Differential power processing (DPP) converter configurations, topologies, modelling and control;
- Single-phase and three-phase PV inverter topologies and modulation for leakage current reduction;
- Hybrid PV inverters: battery management, converter topology, modulation, modelling and control;
- Global MPPT for PV systems under partial shading conditions;
- Design and advanced control techniques for PV power converters;
- Improved efficiency PV power converters;
- Reliability-oriented design and modelling of PV power converters.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Fabrício Bradaschia
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Cabral Cavalcanti
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Rodrigues Limongi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photovoltaic systems
- photovoltaic module
- maximum power point tracking
- failures and degradation modes
- operation and maintenance
- energy storage
- control design
- modelling
- power electronics
- converter topologies
- partial power converters
- differential power processing converters
- pulse width modulation
- efficiency
- reliability
