Cooperative solar tracking control of multiple dual-axis PV panels

Author

Guan Yanfeng ; Chen Gang ; Ren Jianghong

Author_Institution

Coll. of Autom., Chongqing Univ., Chongqing, China

fYear

2015

fDate

23-25 May 2015

Firstpage

4058

Lastpage

4063

Abstract

Based on the cooperative control theory of multi-agent systems, this paper introduces a cooperative solar tracking control method for multiple dual-axis Photovoltaic (PV) panels. We first provide the dynamic models of the solar tracking system with two degrees of freedom. Then, the distributed adaptive dynamic surface (DCS) control method is presented to cooperatively control the multiple dual-axis PV panels. In the end, the simulation results demonstrate the validity of the suggested control method.

Keywords

adaptive control; distributed control; multi-agent systems; photovoltaic power systems; position control; power engineering computing; tracking; DCS control method; cooperative control theory; cooperative solar tracking control method; distributed adaptive dynamic surface control method; dual-axis PV panels; dual-axis photovoltaic panels; dynamic models; multiagent systems; two degrees of freedom; Azimuth; DC motors; Gears; Photovoltaic systems; Shafts; Sun; Trajectory; Multiple dual-axis PV panels; cooperative tracking control; dynamic surface control; solar energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2015 27th Chinese

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7016-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCDC.2015.7162634

Filename

7162634