Modification and testing of the microinverter development kit for the purpose of connecting the battery system
Abstract
This paper presents the testing of the modified TMDSSOLARUINVKIT solar microinverter development kit manufactured by Texas Instruments. The microinverter consists of two linked converters, one connected to the photovoltaic panel and one to the electrical grid. It is intended for connecting low-power photovoltaic panels to the electrical grid. This paper describes hardware (HW) and software (SW) modifications that were necessary in order to connect the battery system to the platform. In addition to necessary HW and SW modifications, a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) graphical user interface was designed for process control and monitoring. Experimental results demonstrating the possibilities of the modified platform are reported in the paper.
Danijel Jolevski
Associate Professor | Department of Electrical Drives and Industrial Control
Damir Jakus
Full Professor | Department of Power Grids and Substations
Researcher and a full professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split. His research interests include power system optimization and planning, RES integration, electricity market modeling.
Josip Vasilj
Associate Professor | Department of Power Grids and Substations
Researcher and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture in Split, where he teaches courses related to engineering economics, power system analysis, power grids and machine learning. His research focus is the application of advanced numerical methods to problems in the analysis and planning of power system operations.