Simulation and dSPACE hardware implementation of the MPPT techniques using buck boost converter

Author

Noman, Abdullah M. ; Addoweesh, Khaled E. ; Mashaly, Hussein M.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2014

fDate

4-7 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Maximum power point trackers are so important in photovoltaic systems to increase their efficiency. This paper presents a photovoltaic system with maximum power point tracking facility. The system consists of a photovoltaic solar module connected to a DC-DC buck boost converter and load. The system is modeled using MATLAB/SIMULINK. Maximum power point tracking is achieved using perturbation and observation method and incremental conductance method. The MPPT system is simulated and experimentally implemented. The implementation of the MPPT hardware setup is done using dSPACE real time control. Data acquisition and the control system is implemented using dSPACE 1104. The simulation and the practical results show that the proposed system tracked the maximum power accurately and successfully under different conditions tested.

Keywords

digital control; digital simulation; maximum power point trackers; modules; perturbation techniques; solar cells; DC-DC buck boost converter; MPPT technique; Matlab/Simulink; dSPACE 1104; dSPACE hardware implementation; dSPACE real time control; data acquisition; incremental conductance method; maximum power point tracker; observation method; perturbation method; photovoltaic solar module; photovoltaic system; Hardware; Integrated circuit modeling; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Solar radiation; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3099-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2014.6900925

Filename

6900925