How The Enphase Iq Microinverter For Acm Works; System Monitoring; Optimal Reliability; Ease Of Design - enphase IQ 7 Installation And Operation Manual

IQ Microinverter for ACM Applications

How the Enphase IQ Microinverter for ACM Works

The Enphase Microinverter maximizes energy production by using a sophisticated Maximum Power Point
Tracking (MPPT) algorithm. Each Enphase Microinverter is individually connected to one PV module in
your array. This configuration enables an individual MPPT to control each PV module, ensuring that
maximum power available from each PV module is exported to the utility grid regardless of the
performance of the other PV modules in the array. While an individual PV module in the array may be
affected by shading, soiling, orientation, or PV module mismatch, each Enphase Microinverter ensures
top performance for its associated PV module.

System Monitoring

Once you install the Enphase IQ Envoy and provide an internet connection through a broadband router or
modem, the Enphase IQ Microinverters automatically begin reporting to Enlighten. Enlighten presents
current and historical system performance trends and informs you of PV system status.

Optimal Reliability

Microinverter systems are inherently more reliable than traditional inverters. The distributed nature of a
microinverter system ensures that there is no single point of system failure in the PV system. Enphase
Microinverters are designed to operate at full power at ambient temperatures as high as 65 C (150 F).

Ease of Design

PV systems using Enphase Microinverters are very simple to design and install. You will not need string
calculations or cumbersome traditional inverters. Low voltage DC wires connect from the PV module
directly to the co-located microinverter, eliminating the risk of personnel exposure to dangerously high DC
voltage.
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