Analysis of Single Phase Inverter for Standalone Residential Load Using Solar Photovoltaic Arrays

The Paper proposes the use of a single phase inverter for remote residential loads using Solar photovoltaic arrays for household energy requirements. The analysis includes the study of effects of source and load variation for the stand alone systems by simulation of the entire system. The study also discusses the role of PI controller in the proposed model for stand-alone systems to mitigate the effect of the variations by tuning the controller manually. The paper discusses the essentials of photovoltaic system operation, the resultant changes in output of photovoltaic array with changing condition, power conversion using inverter, the study of Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM), analysis of proposed model and finally scope of further development of this complete analysis.