A MATLAB-simulink-based solar photovoltaic array (SPVA) module with MPPT

Author

Tripathi, Ravi Nath ; Singh, Ashutosh ; Badoni, Manoj

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delhi Technol. Univ., New Delhi, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-11 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The performance of a solar photovoltaic array (SPVA) is dependent upon the temperature and irradiance level and it is necessary to study the characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) array. To utilize PV power or extract maximum power from PV array, the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is essential to study and implement. In this paper, an equivalent electrical circuit of PV system has been modelled and its characteristics are studied. Response of the PV array with different irradiance level is also obtained. Incremental conductance algorithm of MPPT is modelled and developed to extract maximum power from PV array. The design of dc-dc boost converter has been carried out. It is observed that maximum power from PV array is achieved at input and output side of the dc-dc converter. The simulation work is done in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment.

Keywords

digital simulation; electric admittance; maximum power point trackers; power engineering computing; solar cell arrays; MATLAB-Simulink; MPPT; PV array; PV power; PV system; SPVA module; dc-dc boost converter; equivalent electrical circuit; incremental conductance algorithm; irradiance level; maximum power point tracking; solar photovoltaic array; temperature; Arrays; Equations; Mathematical model; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; DC-DC boost converter; MPPT; Solar photovoltaic array (SPVA); incremental conductance (IncCond);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Communication, Control, Signal Processing & Computing Applications (C2SPCA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1082-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C2SPCA.2013.6749383

Filename

6749383