Experimental implementation of micro-controller based MPPT for solar PV system

Author

Bin-Halabi, Ahmed ; Abdennour, Adel ; Mashaly, Hussein

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2013

fDate

4-6 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The tracking of maximum power produced by photovoltaic (PV) system is very important to increase the efficiency of solar energy utilization. This can be achieved using maximum power point tracking (MPPT) system based on power electronics converter that adjusts the electrical operating point of the PV module to output the maximum available power. In this work, MPPT control technique has been introduced with fast and accurate tracking speed. Perturb and observe (P&O) MPPT algorithm was simulated using Simulink, and experimentally implemented using micro-controller. The proposed technique was validated by examining simulation and practical results of the implemented setup. Experimental results showed good agreement with simulation results.

Keywords

maximum power point trackers; microcontrollers; photovoltaic power systems; MPPT control technique; P&O algorithm; PV module; electrical operating point; maximum power point tracking system; microcontroller based MPPT; perturb and observe MPPT algorithm; photovoltaic system; power electronics converter; solar PV system; solar energy utilization; Algorithm design and analysis; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Pulse width modulation; Software packages; MPPT; P&O; PV module; implementation; micro-controller; photovoltaic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Research Areas and 2013 International Conference on Microelectronics, Communications and Renewable Energy (AICERA/ICMiCR), 2013 Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kanjirapally

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5150-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA-ICMiCR.2013.6575927

Filename

6575927