Model-based maximum power point tracking of an ageing solar PV module

Author(s):  
Ali Akbar Ajmerwala ◽  
Rajesh Gupta ◽  
Vivek Agarwal
2014 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 602-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravinder Kumar Kharb ◽  
S.L. Shimi ◽  
S. Chatterji ◽  
Md. Fahim Ansari

2013 ◽  
Vol 768 ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Malathy ◽  
R. Ramaprabha

This work proposes a lookup table based approach to track the maximum power from a solar photovoltaic (PV) module. The performance of the solar PV module is greatly influenced by various environmental factors and it is therefore necessary to operate the PV module at its optimal point so as to ensure that maximum power is extracted from the PV source. Several fixed step and variable step maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms have been proposed in the literature. In this paper a simple and fast maximum power tracking method based on lookup table approach is proposed. The maximum power point voltages for various insolation levels are obtained from the experimental setup and are fed to the look up table. This look up table thus formulated can then provide the reference voltage for various insolation conditions without many computations. The performance of the proposed method is compared with that of the conventional MPPT methods like perturb and Observe (P&O), Incremental Conductance (INC) and Fuzzy logic (FLC) based MPPT. The simulation results show that the lookup table (LUT) approach tracks the maximum power point faster than the conventional algorithms under changing illumination conditions and reduces simulation time.


Author(s):  
C. Pavithra ◽  
Pooja Singh ◽  
Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy ◽  
T.S. Karthik ◽  
P.R. Karthikeyan ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 1327-1331
Author(s):  
Ya Li Liu ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Xu Ji ◽  
Xi Luo

In order to maximize the output power of PV cells, an improved maximum power point tracking method has been proposed in this paper. The approach is a combination of Lagrange polynomial interpolation with perturb and observe (P&O) method. The MPPT method based on output characteristic curve can be rapidly stabilization of operating point in the approximate region near the maximum power point which shortened the response time. A comparison study between the classical P&O method and the improved method is done in order to validate the new MPPT method. The results showed that the oscillations around the MPP for improved method are almost eliminated, and the efficiency of the improved method is an average of 90.4% compared to 66.8% of the classical P&O method.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.31) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Jayakumar ◽  
V Vanitha ◽  
V Jaisuriya ◽  
M Karthikeyan ◽  
George Daniel ◽  
...  

Solar power is widely available around the globe but efficient transfer of solar power to the load becomes a challenging task. There are various methods in which the power transfer can be done, the following work proposes a method for efficient tracking of solar power.  MPPT [ maximum power point tracking] algorithm applied on three phase voltage source inverter connected to solar PV array with a three phase load. MPPT is applied on inverter rather than conventionally applying MPPT on DC-DC converter. Perturb and Observe method is applied in the MPPT algorithm to find the optimal modulation index for the inverter to transfer maximum power from the panel. Sine pulse width modulation technique is employed for controlling the switching pattern of the inverter. The algorithm is programmed for changing irradiation and temperature condition. The system does not oscillate about the MPP point as the algorithm set the system at MPP and does not vary till a variation in irradiation is sensed.  The proposed system can be installed at all places and will reduce the cost, size and losses compared to conventional system. 


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