Topological Inverter Design Applied to Solar PV Plant: Systematic Review

Abstract

According to the latest research articles of the last decade, several authors have increased their interest in the topological design of DC / AC inverters applied to photovoltaic plants. The contribution is a systematic review with PICOC methodology, with the main design criterion for the growing interest of inverters, since 2005. it is an exponential rate of new articles. Therefore, a deep investigation of the trends and limitations of the new topologies of DC / AC inverters is developed, which will improve the performance and efficiency of solar plants. Finally, the research concludes the four most important failure modes that still present permanent unavailability or considerable efficiency losses in current designs, as well as the most important topologies from 2019 to 2020, with the description of efficiency and limitations from the point of view of the electronic layout. Our findings are 16 research articles from 212 papers with the highest contribution in design associated to DC/AC inverters according the topology.