METHOD OF CONTROLLING A SOLAR POWER PLANT, A POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM, A DC/AC INVERTER AND A SOLAR POWER PLANT

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a solar power plant including a power conversion system and a method of controlling the power conversion system. The control can be effectuated by means of one or more control unit (9, 10, 14) and the central control functions may be implemented in the control unit of a DC/AC inverter (6). The solar power plant comprises photovoltaic modules (PV modules) arranged in arrays (2a-d) of PV modules, each PV array (2a-d) having an interface (3a-d) connected to a respective DC/DC converters (4a-d). A power collecting grid (5) is arranged to provide an interface between the plurality of DC/DC converters (4a-d) and an input of the DC/AC inverter (6). The method comprises monitoring the performance of each PV array (2a-d), and includes a first and a second step of regulating. The first step of regulating (105), adjusts the voltage level of each interface between a PV array (2a-d) and the corresponding DC/DC converter (4a-d), this regulating is based on a performance model of the PV array (2a-d) and a theoretical efficiency of each DC /DC converter (4a-d), and includes monitoring the output power of each DC/DC converter (4a-d) and uses the monitored output power of each DC /DC converter (4a-d) as a feedback for the regulating. The second step of regulating (106) adjusts the voltage level of the power collecting grid (5), this regulating is based on a theoretical efficiency of the DC/AC inverter (6), and includes monitoring the output power of the DC/AC inverter (6) and using the monitored output power of the DC/AC inverter (6) as a feedback for controlling the regulating.