Resumo -Este artigo apresenta comparações entre estruturas monofásicas a duplo estágio não isoladas, para aplicações em geração distribuída fotovoltaica (GD-FV), em conexão à rede de distribuição em baixa tensão. Considerando aplicação para GD-FV observou-se vantagens significativas para conversores com características naturais de fonte de corrente para a entrada, fato que reduz a capacitância de desacoplamento do sistema FV.
ANALYSIS OF SINGLE-PHASE NON-ISOLATED INVERTER STRUCTURES APPLIED TO PHOTOVOLTAIC DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONAbstract -This paper presents comparisons among non-isolated DC to AC double-stage single-phase structures, applied to photovoltaic distributed generation (PV-DG), suitable to operate connected to the AC electric power network. Considering the PV-DG application, this paper has focused on converters with natural current source input characteristic which allows low capacitance value required for PV power decoupling. Simulation results and qualitative analysis are presented and experimental results from an application are discussed in order to confirm the feasibility of the proposal. The developed prototype is digitally controlled by a DSC, considering the designed firmware for MPPT, and in agreement with NBR-IEC 62116:2012 standard, including islanding and electrical protections.