Application of a Chaotic Quantum Bee Colony and Support Vector Regression to Multipeak Maximum Power Point Tracking Control Method Under Partial Shading Conditions

Author(s):  
Xiangming Gao ◽  
Diankuan Ding ◽  
Shifeng Yang ◽  
Mingkun Huang

In view of the multipeak characteristics of a photovoltaic (PV) array P–V curve under local shadow conditions and that the traditional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm cannot effectively track the maximum power point of the curve, a multipeak MPPT algorithm based on a chaotic quantum bee colony and support vector regression (SVR) is proposed. By constructing and analyzing the mathematical model of a photovoltaic array under a local shadow, the P–V characteristic equation of the photovoltaic array is obtained. The improved strategy of the artificial bee colony algorithm is studied, and the improved chaotic quantum bee colony algorithm (CQABC) is applied to the optimization of SVR parameters; this application improves the accuracy and generalization performance of the maximum power point prediction model based on SVR. The calculation process of the multipeak MPPT algorithm based on CQABC-SVR is given, and the effectiveness of the algorithm is verified by simulation and testing. The experimental results show that the algorithm can accurately track the global maximum power point under uniform illumination or local shadow conditions, effectively overcoming the problem of traditional MPPT algorithms easily falling into local extrema.

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bicheng Tan ◽  
Xin Ke ◽  
Dachuan Tang ◽  
Sheng Yin

Solar energy is the most valuable renewable energy source due to its abundant storage and is pollution-free. The output power of photovoltaic (PV) arrays will vary with external conditions, such as irradiance and temperature fluctuations. Therefore, an increase in the energy conversion rate is inseparable from maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The existing MPPT technology cannot either balance the tracking speed and tracking accuracy, or the implementation cost is too high due to the complexity of the calculation. In this paper, a new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method was proposed. It improves the traditional perturb and observation (P&O) method by introducing the support vector regression (SVR) algorithm. In this method, the current maximum power point voltage is predicted by the trained model and compared with the current operating voltage to predict a reasonable step size. The boost DC/ DC (Direct current-Direct current converter) convert system applying the improved method and the traditional P&O was simulated in MATLAB-Simulink, respectively. The results of the simulation show that compared with the traditional P&O method, the proposed new method both improves the convergence time and tracking accuracy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed G. Abo-Khalil ◽  
◽  

The photovoltaic (PV) system is always operated at the maximum power point (MPP) condition irrespective of the fluctuations in PV voltage. The maximum power point tracking (MPPT) employed in PV system is not effective during the presence of current ripple as normal tracking becomes increasingly complex during fluctuation in solar irradiation or due to change in MPP condition. This paper proposes a high-efficiency power point tracking algorithm to minimize the current ripple and power oscillation around the maximum power point. The developed algorithm is based on particle swarm optimization-support vector regression (PSO-SVR) technique. The proposed algorithm is implemented to select and tune the Support Vector Regression (SVR) parameters such as kernel parameters, variance, and the penalty factor for predicting the irradiation level as well as to determine the PV voltage corresponding of maximum power point. The PSO method is used to accelerate the process of optimizing the SVR parameters at different conditions and get knowledge about the corresponding global optimum. From the experimental results,the efficiency of maximum power point tracking is found to be 99.8%. The proposed algorithm PSO-SVR shows a better performance than using SVR alone. The stability and accuracy of MPPT have been validated during the rapid fluctuation of solar irradiation in the range of 25% to 100%.


2012 ◽  
Vol 220-223 ◽  
pp. 2091-2094
Author(s):  
Yue Shen Lai ◽  
Sheng Dong Hou ◽  
Gang Wang

Photovoltaic Array is nonlinear,and the power generated by it is influenced by sun light,temperature,load and so on In order to improve the system efficiency, firstly, analyzed the physical and mathematic model of photovoltaic array, through the MATLAB Simulink application software simulation tools, set up a computer simulation model of photovoltaic modules.Secondly,this paper gives the improved Perturbation and Observation Method and the Boost circuit used in the controller.after the analysis of some common maximum power point tracking algorithms and DC-DC circuits. Experiments shows that the controller method can rapidly to track the maximum power point,and increase the cell efficiency.


2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 3231-3234
Author(s):  
Zhi Guang Tian ◽  
Lin Tian ◽  
Jian He ◽  
Zhen Hua Huang ◽  
Da Hai Zhang ◽  
...  

With the increasing application of Photovoltaic (PV) power system, it is important to make PV system always achieve its maximum power output, so maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique develops. Based on Support Vector Regression (SVR) and Genetic Algorithm (GA), a novel MPPT method is proposed in this paper. The SVR model uses the solar radiation and temperature as two inputs, and uses the voltage at maximum power point (MPP) as output. Furthermore, GA is introduced to search the best parameters for SVR. Results validate the effectiveness of the proposed MPPT method.


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