Medium-high voltage photovoltaic power generation system
A medium-high voltage photovoltaic (PV) power generation system is provided. A PV string of the system is insulated from the ground via an insulator of a medium-high voltage withstanding level, so that the PV string is applicable under a high voltage level. The PV strings are connected to cascade modules. An output voltage of series-connected cascade modules is grid-connected to a 10 kV power grid through a three-phase filter, without a power booster transformer or a high-frequency isolated DC/DC converter in a conventional power station, thereby improving the system efficiency.
1. A medium-high voltage photovoltaic (PV) power generation system, comprising:
a three-phase filter; and
three phase circuits connected in a star manner or a delta manner via the three-phase filter, wherein
each of the three phase circuits comprises one bridge arm or two bridge arms connected in series, each of the one bridge arm or the two bridge arms comprises one or more cascade modules, one or more PV strings and one or more insulators, each of the one or more PV strings comprises a plurality of PV panels, and in the bridge arm:
alternating ends of the one or more cascade modules are cascaded to form a branch, and two ends of the branch serve as output ends of the bridge arm;
a direct current end of each of the one or more cascade modules is connected to at least one of the PV strings;
the PV string is insulated from a ground via one insulator;
a height from each of the PV panels to the ground is greater than a preset height; and
the insulator is of a medium-high voltage withstanding level.
2. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
at least two PV panels of the PV string are insulated from the ground via one insulator; or
each of the PV panels of the PV string is insulated from the ground via one or more insulators corresponding to the PV panel.
3. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the bridge arm further comprises at least one bracket, and wherein
each of the at least one bracket is arranged between one or more PV panels and the insulator, or
each of the at least one bracket is arranged between one or more insulators and the ground.
4. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 2 , wherein the bridge arm further comprises at least one bracket, and wherein
each of the at least one bracket is arranged between one or more PV panels and the insulator, or
each of the at least one bracket is arranged between one or more insulators and the ground.
5. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more cascade modules is configured to perform a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control.
6. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according claim 1 , wherein the bridge arm further comprises a plurality of combiner boxes, the direct current end of each of the one or more cascade modules is connected to an output end of at least one of the combiner boxes, and an input end of each of the combiner boxes is connected to at least one of the PV strings.
7. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 6 , wherein the bridge arm further comprises a plurality of insulators, each of the insulators is configured to insulate at least one of the combiner boxes connected to the insulator from the ground.
8. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according claim 1 , wherein the bridge arm further comprises a lightning protection line arranged around the PV panel, and the lightning protection line is provided with at least one grounding point.
9. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the PV string comprises a plurality of substrings connected in series, and adjacent substrings of the plurality of substrings are connected via a switch, and each of the substrings comprises a plurality of PV panels.
10. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
in a case that each of three phase circuits comprises one bridge arm, the output end of the bridge arm serves as an output end of the phase circuit, and is connected to the three-phase filter; and
in a case that each of the three phase circuits comprises two bridge arms connected in series, the two bridge arms serve as an upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm of the phase circuit respectively, and wherein
the upper bridge arm and the lower bridge arm are connected via two first inductors, a connection point of the two first inductors serves as an output end of the phase circuit, and is connected to the three-phase filter; or
the upper bridge arm and the lower bridge arm are connected via a second inductor with a center tap, the center tap of the second inductor serves as an output end of the phase circuit and is connected to the three-phase filter.
11. The medium-high voltage PV power generation system according to claim 10 , wherein
in a case that each of the three phase circuits comprises one bridge arm, a main circuit of each of the one or more cascade modules has an H bridge topology or an H bridge topology with a non-isolated direct current/direct current (DC/DC) converter; and
in a case that each of the three phase circuits comprises two bridge arms connected in series, the main circuit of each of the one or more cascade modules has any one of an H bridge topology, an H bridge topology with a non-isolated DC/DC converter, a half bridge topology and a half bridge topology with a non-isolated DC/DC converter.