Model predictive control of 2-axis solar tracker for solar energy system

Author

Wei, Wang ; Shaoyuan, Li

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 July 2012

Firstpage

4177

Lastpage

4182

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on the dual-axis solar-tracker control problem, study the algorithm of solar position, and design a predictive controller to make the location of solar panels track the sun in a smooth and accurate way, which is on the premise of the constraint conditions. Use MATLAB / SIMULINK software to complete the location of solar panels predictive control simulation. The simulation results show that the predictive controller designed in this paper turn out to be a good tracking performance under the premise. Additionally, use the configuration software as system monitoring software.

Keywords

control engineering computing; control system synthesis; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; power generation control; predictive control; solar power stations; tracking; MATLAB software; PV grid-connected generation system; SIMULINK software; configuration software; dual-axis solar-tracker control problem; model predictive control; predictive controller design; solar energy system; solar panels; solar position algorithm; sun tracking control; system monitoring software; Azimuth; Mathematical model; Predictive control; Predictive models; Solar energy; Sun; Trajectory; 2-axis; MPC; PV; Solar Energy System; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (CCC), 2012 31st Chinese

Conference_Location

Hefei

ISSN

1934-1768

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2581-3

Type

conf

Filename

6390659