Apparatus for monitoring leakage current of transformer-less photovoltaic inverter

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring a leakage current of a transformer-less photovoltaic inverter, which can reduce the risk of a fault in a grid due to a leakage current in a photovoltaic inverter. The apparatus comprises a low pass filter configured to remove a high-frequency noise of a sensed leakage current signal; an average value calculator configured to calculate an average value of an output of the low pass filter; a direct current component remover configured to subtract the average value from the output of the low pass filter; a phase locked loop circuit section configured to calculate a peak value and a phase of a signal from which the direct current component has been removed; and a resistive component leakage current calculator configured to calculate a resistive component value of a leakage current, based on the peak value and the phase calculated.

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