FSPC-SMA Inverter
FSPC-SMA Inverter
FSPC-SMA Inverter
PV Inverters
Use of PV Inverters in Off-Grid and Battery-Backup Systems in North and South America
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Both in off-grid systems and in the event of grid failures in battery-backup systems, grid fluctuations in the stand-alone grid
are possible. This may cause severe deviations in nominal voltage and nominal frequency. Despite such fluctuations, all
of the components in these systems must function without problems.
This technical information will inform you about the following topics:
• Which PV inverters you can use in off-grid systems and battery-backup systems
• Which parameters you need to set in the PV inverter
• What type of communication you need to install in battery-backup systems
• Which values the parameters of PV inverters will take in stand-alone mode
• How the output power of the PV inverter can be limited by the Frequency-Shift Power Control (FSPC) function of the
Sunny Island
System failures due to excessive power output of AC sources in the stand-alone grid
If the power of the AC sources (e.g. PV inverters) in off-grid systems or battery-backup systems is too high, it may
cause system failures.
• Design the total nominal AC power of the PV inverters to be no more than twice as high as the nominal AC
power of the Sunny Island.
• If wind power inverters feed into the stand-alone grid, design the total nominal power of the AC sources in the
stand-alone grid to be no larger than the nominal AC power of the Sunny Island.
• Allow at least 100 Ah of battery capacity per 1000 W of nominal AC power from the AC sources in the
stand-alone grid.
In battery-backup systems you operate the PV inverters with the locally typical country data set for grid-connected PV
systems as per UL1741. If the parameter is set to On all or OnAllPhs, the system meets the requirements as per UL1741.
dFac-Max Hz 5
Max. rate of change
Fac-start delta Hz 1
Frequency increase in relation to f0, at which point the (starting from base frequency f0)
power adjustment via frequency begins
Fac-Limit delta Hz 2
Frequency increase based on f0, where the power (starting from base frequency f0)
control via frequency ends. The power of the Sunny Boy
at this point is 0 W.
* VAC Nom = 208 V/240 V/277 V