How The Enphase Iq8 Series Microinverters Work; System Monitoring; Optimal Reliability; Ease Of Design - enphase IQ8 Installation And Operation Manual

How the Enphase IQ Series Micros Work
The Enphase Microinverter maximizes energy production by using a sophisticated Maximum Power Point Tracking
(MPPT) algorithm. Each Enphase Microinverter individually connects 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.
Enphase IQ
Gateway

System Monitoring

Once you install the Enphase IQ Gateway and provide an internet connection through a broadband router or
modem, the Enphase IQ Microinverters automatically begin reporting to Enphase Installer Platform. Enphase
Installer Platform 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 60°C (140°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. You can install individual PV modules in any combination of PV
module quantity, type, age, and orientation. Each microinverter quickly mounts on the PV racking, directly beneath
each PV module. 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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