Comparison of Two Topologies for Off-Grid Home

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Off-grid systems are proposed for the power shortage in remote areas. In an off-grid home, electronic devices can result in poor power quality issues. In this paper, two topologies of off-grid systems are presented and compared to chose more suitable one for an off-grid home. One compared topology is a system with inverter and transformer, and another one with the converter and inverter. We compared and examined their corresponding current, voltage waveforms, and the THD values based on the same power source and load by the Matlab/Simulink software. The simulation results show that the system with inverter and transformer is more suitable for off-grid home in remote areas.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1049-1050)

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798-801

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October 2014

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