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Choosing an investor from outside the network PV Systems

The inverter is one of the largest and most complex components of an independent power system. To choose an investor should know some basic functions, capabilities and limitations.

All types of off-grid power systems photovoltaic share a common bond, which is the storage battery, storage battery absorbs and releases energy in the form of direct current (DC) electricity

In contrast, the national grid of alternating current (AC) electricity. AC is the standard form of electricity for anything that "connects" to the electricity grid. DC flows in one direction. AC alternates its direction several times per second. AC is used for network service because it is more practical for long distance transmission.

An inverter converts DC to AC, and also changes the tension. In other words, this is a power adapter. It allows a based on the battery system to operate through the conventional devices of conventional wiring. There are devices able to use DC directly, but for most modern appliances needed an investor.

Another type of investor who is not named in this article an interactive inverter. These are used to feed solar power (or renewable) energy on a connection to the network and to feed excess power to the national grid.

Not a simple device

Apparently, an investor looks like a box with one or two switches in it, but inside there is a small universe of dynamic activity. An investor facing modern a wide range of loads, a night light only to the great wave required to initiate a well pump, a power tool or heavy equipment. The battery voltage of a solar or wind system can vary as much as 35 percent (with different charging status and activity).

Through all this, it's the investor to regulate the quality of its output within narrow limits, with minimal loss of power.

Define your needs

To choose an inverter, must first define your needs. Then you need to learn about the investors that are available. Inverter manufacturers to print everything you need to know about their spec sheets. Here is a list of factors to consider.

Operating Environment

Where's the investor to use? Investors are available for use in construction, recreational vehicles, boats and portable applications. Will be connected to the mains of any way? Conventions electrical and safety standards differ for various applications, it is important to check.

Electrical Standards

The input voltage DC must comply with the electrical system and battery bank. 12 V is no longer the dominant standard for home energy systems, 24 and 48 volts are the rules now common. A high-voltage system carries less current, which makes the cabling system cheaper and easier.

The inverter AC output must conform conventional energy in the region, to run locally available equipment. The standard for AC power service in the UK is 230 volts a frequency of 50 Hertz (cycles per second).

Safety Certification: An investor must be certified by an independent testing laboratory and sealed in accordingly. This is your assurance that it will be safe and meet with the manufacturer's specifications, and approved in electrical inspection. There's a design different and qualification standards for various application environments These also vary from country to country.

Capacity

How much load an investor can handle? Its output power is rated in watts (W = Amps x Volts). There are three levels of power rating of a continuous assessment, a limited number time, and an increasing number of troops. Continuous means the amount of energy that the investor can control for an indefinite period of hours. When an investor is classified in a certain number of watts, that number generally refers to its continuous rating.

The limited number of time is greater wattage that can handle over a defined period of time, usually 10 minutes or 20. The inverter specifications should define these qualifications in relation to temperature (the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere). When the investor gets too hot it will shut off. This will occur more quickly in a hot environment. The third level of power, responsiveness is critical to its ability to start engines, and are discussed below.

Some investors are designed to be interconnected or expand in a modular fashion, in order to increase their capacity. The most common scheme is to "stack" of two investors. A cable connects to synchronize the two investors to function as a unit.

Power Quality – Sine Wave versus Modified Sine Wave "

Some investors produce "cleaner" energy than others. In short, "sine wave" is clean, everything else is dirty. A sine wave has soft natural geometry, as the track of a swinging pendulum. It is the ideal form of AC power. The grid produces sine wave power generators in their and customer delivery normally relatively free of distortion. A sine wave inverter can deliver cleaner, more stable power that most network connections.

How clean is a "sine wave"? The manufacturer may use the terms "pure" or "true", which implies a low degree of distortion. The facts included in the specifications of the inverter. Total harmonic distortion (THD) of less than 6 percent must meet the requirements of regular house. Look for less than 3 percent if you have unusually critical or sensitive electronics, as in a recording studio.

Other specifications are also important. RMS voltage regulation maintains its steady light. It should be about 5 percent or less. Peak (voltage Vp) regulation should be more or less 10 percent or less.

A "modified sine wave" inverter is less expensive, but produces a distorted square waveform that resembles the track of a pendulum closed back and forth by the hammers. In truth, there is a sine wave at all. The misleading term "modified sine wave" was invented by advertising people. The engineers prefer to call it "modified square wave."

The "modified sine wave" has adverse effects in many electrical charges. Reduce the energy efficiency of motors and transformers from 10 to 20 percent. The waste of energy produces abnormal heat which reduces the reliability and longevity of motors and transformers and other devices, including some appliances and computers. The chopped waveform confuses some timing devices digital.

About 5 percent of household appliances, simply does not work instead of sine wave power at all. A murmur was heard from the speakers of almost all audio device. An annoying buzz will also be emitted by some fluorescent lights, ceiling fans, and transformers. Some microwave ovens buzz or produce less heat. TVs and computers often show rolling lines on the screen. Overload protectors may overheat and should not be used.

Investors modified sine wave tolerated in the 1980s but since then, true sinewave inverters have become more efficient and more affordable. Some people compromise by using a modified wave inverter to run their most powerful tools from time to time or other heavy loads, and a small sine wave inverter for implement its smaller, more frequent and more sensitive loads. Modified wave inverters in renewable energy systems have begun to disappear in history.

Efficiency

Unable to convert power without losing part of it (is like friction). The energy is lost as heat. Efficiency is the ratio of power to power, expressed as a percentage. If performance is 90 percent, 10 percent of the energy is lost in the inverter. Efficiency an inverter varies with the load. In general, be higher by about two thirds of the capacity of the investor. This is known as "maximum efficiency." The investor requires power only to run itself, so that the efficiency of a large investor will be low when running very small loads.

In a typical home, many hours, when the electric load is very low. Under these conditions, the efficiency of an investor may be about 50 percent or less. The story is told by a graph of efficiency against the load, as published by the manufacturer of the inverter. This is called the "efficiency curve". Read these curves carefully. Some manufacturers of cheating curve starting at 100 watts or so, not zero!

Because the efficiency varies with load, no assume that an investor with 93 percent maximum efficiency is better than one with 85 percent maximum efficiency. If the efficient unit is 85 percent more efficient in the levels low power, you can waste less energy through the course of a typical day.

Internal protection

An investor is sensitive components should be well protected from lightning surge and static close, and tidal energy to recover from the motors under overload conditions. Must also be protected against overloads. Overloads can be caused by a faulty device, a wiring fault, or simply load too much running at the same time.

An investor should include various detection circuits automatically shuts off if not properly serve the load. We also need to shut down if the DC supply voltage is too low, due to a low battery state-of-charge and the weakness of others in the supply circuit. This protects the battery from over discharge damage, and protection the inverter and the loads. These protections are standard on all investors who are certified for use in buildings.

Inductive loads and increased in demand

Some loads absorb the energy of the wave AC with a time interval (such as towing a car with a rubber strap). These are called inductive loads. The engines are the most heavily inductive loads. They are found in well pumps, washing machines, refrigerators, power tools, televisions and ovens etc. microwave are also inductive loads. As engines, they use a power surge when they start.

If an investor is unable to feed efficiently load inductive simply be closed rather than open the device. If the investor reaction capacity is marginal, its output voltage increase during the dive. This can cause a darkening of the lights in the house, sometimes a computer will crash.

Any weakness in the battery and wiring to the investor limited further its ability to start a motor. A battery bank that is not enough, in disrepair, or has corroded connections can be a weak link in the chain supply. The cables of the inverter and the battery interconnect cables must be large, and I mean really big, maybe the size of a large thumb! The peak current through these wires is several hundred amperes at the instant of motor starting. Follow the instructions investor to determine the size of the wires, or you deceive yourself. Coat the battery connections with a protective layer to reduce corrosion.

Resting energy

Idle Power is the investor's consumption when turned on, but no charges are being implemented. It's "lose" the power, so if you expect the investor for many hours during which very little load (as in most residential situations), wants this to be as low as possible. The typical power ranges of inactivity from 15 watts to 50 watts for a house-sized investor. Spec Sheet An investor can describe the investor "idle current" amps. To get watts, just multiply the amps times the DC voltage of the system.

Low switching frequency high switching frequency vs

There are two ways build an inverter. Without diving into the theory, I will just say that there are differences in weight, cost, responsiveness, idle power, and noise.

A low switching frequency inverter is big and heavy (usually 10 kg per kilowatt and more expensive. Has the ability of high voltage spikes (four to eight times continuous capacity) needed to start large motors. Mind the Buzz acoustic low frequency inverters switching to do. If you install one near a living space, may be unhappy with the noise.

A high frequency inverter switching is much smaller and lighter (usually about 2.5 kg per kilowatt and also less expensive. Is less able to increase, usually about twice the capacity continuum. It produces little or no audible noise. The resting energy is generally higher. If the inverter is oversized for an engine start, idle power will be greater, and may be prohibitive. Most households that have a well pump or other motors over 1 HP is a frequency converter switching low to be cheaper.

Both types of Investors have their virtues. Some people "divide and conquer" by splitting their loads and using two inverters. This adds a measure of redundancy. If one never fails, the other can serve as backup.

Auto on / off

Idle investor can be a substantial burden on a system small power. Most investors did for the energy systems of the houses have automatic load sensing. The inverter puts out a brief pulse of power over every second (more or less). When you change an AC load, senses the current consumption and becomes herself. Manufacturers have different names for this feature, including "demand charge", "sleep mode", "energy savings", "autostart", and "pending".

Auto on / off can make life uncomfortable for a small charge, can not trigger the investor to select or stay. For example, a washer may pause between cycles, only with the timer. The timer consumes less than 10 watts. The inverter is in turn-in "threshold" may be 10 or 15 watts. The inverter is turned off and not return until he sees an additional burden of some other device. You may have to leave a light on while running the washing machine.

Some people can not adapt to these situations. Therefore, investors with automatic on / off also has an always-on configuration. With it, you can run your lights at night low-power clocks, fax, voicemail and other small loads, without losing continuity. In that case, a good system designer to add idle power inverter in the calculation of the load (24 hours). The energy system cost will be higher, but are met expectations of modern life.

Phantom loads and loads of idle

Consumers are stuck with high-tech gadgets that the power of out each time they log in. Some of them use the power to do anything at all. One example is a TV with a remote control. Your electrical system is the eye in day and night in search of its signal to activate the screen. Any device with an exterior wall plug transformer uses power even when turned on the device off. These little demons are called "phantom loads" because their power draw is unexpected, invisible and easily forgotten.

One concern similar is "idling loads." These are devices that should be all the time to work when needed. These include smoke detectors, systems alarm, motion detector lights, fax machines and answering machines. Central heating systems have a transformer in the circuit of the thermostat that stays all the time. Cordless (rechargeable) power devices, even after removing the batteries reach a full charge. If in doubt, feel the device. If it's hot energy, which indicates in vain. How many phantom loads or is idle?

There are several ways to deal with phantom and idling loads:

You may be able to prevent the choice of making device.

  • You can minimize its use and off when not needed, using the external switches.
  • You can work around them by modifying certain equipment to shut down completely (thermostat circuit central heating, for example).
  • You can use some DC appliances.
  • You can pay the additional cost to the system in a powerful enough to support additional charges, plus the current investor inactivity.

Be careful and honest if you look at all ghosts and avoid idling loads. You can not always anticipate future needs or human behavior.

Driving a pump Water Supply

In a remote site, a water well or pressure pump often places greater demand on the investor. Deserves special consideration. Most pumps produce a very large increase of current during startup. The investor must have sufficient capacity building to handle it while running any other loads that may be. It is important the size of an inverter sufficiently, especially to handle the increased starting. Oversize even more if you want to start the pump without causing lights dim or flicker. Also worth considering DC pump to remove the load on the inverter.

Features battery

Backup Battery charge is essential in many off-grid renewable energy systems, it is likely to be occasions when the natural energy supply is insufficient. Some investors have a battery charger that recharges the battery bank when power is applied to alternating current generator or network. As a separate cost efficient chargers can be bought seperatly if this feature will be profitable depends on the other requirements of your system.

Quality Pays

An inverter is an industrial quality device that is proven reliable, security certificates, and can last for decades. A cheap inverter may soon end up in the pile garbage, and can even be a fire hazard. Consider the investor to be a component basis. Buy a property that allows for future expansion needs.

In summary

Define what is to be used. Define what type of loads (devices) is power. Determine the maximum power of the investor must handle. It is the quality of the critical potential? Does the size and weight matter? Will there be any change in what the investor needs to make in the future?

About the Author

Glen Freeman is a Systems Designer for Pioneer Resource Ltd. We are Specialist Suppliers and Installers of In-Balance Renewable Energy Systems including Solar Electricity (Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Hot Water (Solar Thermal), Wind Turbines, Eco Boilers, Stoves and Fires (Biomass), Natural Insulation and Custom Built Total Energy systems.

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