Design and simulation of incremental conductance MPPT using self lift cuk converter

Author

Devi, M. Latha ; Chilambarasan, M.

Author_Institution

EEE Dept., St. Joseph´s Coll. of Eng., Chennai, India

fYear

2013

fDate

5-6 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

111

Abstract

This paper presents design and simulation of incremental conductance (IncCond) Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) using self lift cuk converter. The solar panel model is developed using the basic circuit equations of photo voltaic cell. The MPP of a solar panel varies with irradiation and temperature. The IncCond algorithm is used to track the maximum power from the solar panel. The unregulated voltage from the panel will be regulated by using the self lift cuk converter. It will reduce the voltage and current ripple. As for component stress the self lift cuk converter has a smaller voltage and current stresses than the original cuk converter. Matlab/Simulink was used for simulation studies.

Keywords

maximum power point trackers; solar cells; IncCond algorithm; IncCond maximum power point tracking; Matlab; Simulink; incremental conductance MPPT; photo voltaic cell; self lift cuk converter; solar panel model; Capacitors; Equations; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Maximum power point trackers; Switches; Voltage control; Incremental conductance (IncCond) maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Microcontroller; photovoltaic (PV) system; self lift cuk converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy (ICRESE), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRESE.2013.6927796

Filename

6927796