Maximum power tracking of a generic photovoltaic system via a fuzzy controller and a two-stage DC–DC converter

This study presents a new two-stage DC–DC converter for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and a voltage boost of a generic photovoltaic (PV) system. An intelligent MPPT of PV system based on fuzzy logic control (FLC) is presented to adaptively design the proposed fuzzy controlled MPPT controller (FC-MPPTC) while a voltage boost controller (VBC) is used to fix the output voltage to a voltage level that is higher than the required operating voltage to the back-end grid impedance. Modeling and simulation on the PV system and the DC–DC converter circuit are achieved by state-space and the software Powersim. The PV string considered has the rated power around 600?VA under varied partial shadings. The FC-MPPTC and VBC are designed and realized by a DSP module (TMS320F2812) to adjust the duty cycle in the two-stage DC–DC converter. A special FLC algorithm is forged to render an MPPT faster and more accurate than conventional MPPT technique, perturb and observe (P&O). The simulations are intended to validate the performance of the proposed FC-MPPTC. Experiments are conducted and results show that MPPT can be achieved in a fast pace and the efficiency reaches over 90?%, even up to 96?%. It is also found that the optimized tracking speed of the proposed FC-MPPTC is in fact more stable and faster than the general P&O method with the boost voltage capable of offering a stable DC output.     

Intelligent control of photovoltaic system using BPSO-GSA-optimized neural network and fuzzy-based PID for maximum power point tracking

The maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is applied in the photovoltaic (PV) systems to achieve the maximum power from a PV panel in different atmospheric conditions and to optimize the efficiency of a panel. A proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller was used in this study for tracking the maximum power point (MPP). A fuzzy gain scheduling system with optimized rules by subtractive clustering algorithm was employed for tuning the PID controller parameters based on error and error-difference in an online mode. In addition, an Elman-type recurrent neural network (RNN) was used for inverse identification of the PV system and for estimating the solar radiation intensity to determine the MPP voltage. The optimum number of neurons in the single hidden-layer of the RNN was determined by binary particle swarm optimization algorithm. The weights of this RNN were also optimized by using a hybrid method based on the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm and gravitational search algorithm (GSA). In the proposed fitness function for optimization, both the RNN size and its convergence accuracy were considered. Thus, the algorithm for RNN optimization attempts to minimize both the structural complexity and the mean square error. Simulation results revealed superior performance of GSA in comparison with particle swarm, cuckoo, and grey wolf optimization algorithms. The performance of the proposed MPPT method was evaluated under four different ambient conditions. Our experimental results show that the proposed MPPT method is more efficient than the three competitive methods presented in recent years.     

Maximum Power Extraction Control Algorithm for Hybrid Renewable Energy System

In this research, a modified fractional order proportional integral derivate (FOPID) control method is proposed for the photovoltaic (PV) and thermoelectric generator (TEG) combined hybrid renewable energy system. The faster tracking and steady-state output are aimed at the suggested maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control technique. The derivative order number (µ) value in the improved FOPID (also known as PI^λD^µ) control structure will be dynamically updated utilizing the value of change in PV array voltage output. During the transient, the value of µ is changeable; it’s one at the start and after reaching the maximum power point (MPP), allowing for strong tracking characteristics. TEG will use the freely available waste thermal energy created surrounding the PV array for additional power generation, increasing the system’s energy conversion efficiency. A high-gain DC-DC converter circuit is included in the system to maintain a high amplitude DC input voltage to the inverter circuit. The proposed approach’s performance was investigated using an extensive MATLAB software simulation and validated by comparing findings with the perturbation and observation (P&O) type MPPT control method. The study results demonstrate that the FOPID controller-based MPPT control outperforms the P&O method in harvesting the maximum power achievable from the PV-TEG hybrid source. There is also a better control action and a faster response.     

基于无线传感器网络的光伏系统MPPT应用研究

光伏电池输出的功率随外界环境条件的变化而变化,通常采用最大功率点跟踪技术以获得最大功率输出。结合无线传感器网络(WSNs)节点的工作方式与光伏系统的特点,提出了一种基于WSNs的光伏系统最大功率点跟踪技术。针对开路电压法的不足,利用WSNs节点的测温工作方式来进行温度补偿。当系统工作在最大功率点附近时,引入阻抗匹配算法,可有效消减光伏输出功率在最大功率点处的振荡现象,从而提高系统效率。仿真结果验证了该方法的可行性和有效性。     

Climatic sensorless maximum power point tracking in PV generation systems

The problem of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is addressed for photovoltaic (PV) arrays considered in a given panel position. The PV system includes a PV panel, a PWM boost power converter and a storing battery. Although the maximum power point (MPP) of PV generators varies with solar radiation and temperature, the MPPT is presently sought without resorting to solar radiation and temperature sensors in order to reduce the PV system cost. The proposed sensorless control solution is an adaptive nonlinear controller involving online estimation of uncertain parameters, i.e. those depending on radiation and temperature. The adaptive control problem at hand is not a standard one because parameter uncertainty affects, in addition to system dynamics, the output-reference trajectory (expressing the MPPT purpose). Therefore, the convergence of parameter estimates to their true values is necessary for MPPT achievement. It is formally shown, under mild assumptions, that the developed adaptive controller actually meets the MPPT objective.     

Development and analysis of adaptive fuzzy controllers for photovoltaic system under varying atmospheric and partial shading condition

Control of power electronics converters used in PV system is very much essential for the efficient operation of the solar system. In this paper, a modified incremental conduction maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm in conjunction with an adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed to control the DC–DC boost converter in the PV system under rapidly varying atmospheric and partial shading conditions. An adaptive hysteresis current controller is proposed to control the inverter. The proposed current controller provides constant switching frequency with less harmonic content compared with fixed hysteresis current control algorithm and sinusoidal PWM controller. The modeling and simulation of PV system along with the proposed controllers are done using MATLAB/SIMSCAPE software. Simulation results show that the proposed MPPT algorithm is faster in transient state and presents smoother signal with less fluctuations in steady state. The hardware implementation of proposed MPPT algorithm and inverter current control algorithms using Xilinx spartran-3 FPGA is also presented. The experimental results show satisfactory performance of the proposed approaches.     

Output feedback control of sensorless photovoltaic systems,with maximum power point tracking

This paper presents an output feedback control of sensorless photovoltaic systems with maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The system consists of a Photovoltaic Generator (PVG) which supplies a DC centrifugal pump, via a DC/DC boost converter. This later being connected to the PVG by a long PV cable. Generally, PV systems are established near the control unit of the converter. The MPPT methods and control laws are based on the PVG voltage and current measurements. However, PV arrays must be located in a site that guarantees good solar radiation. In most cases, such a site is at great distance from the control unit. Thus, on the one hand, the PVG voltage and current measurements become difficult and, on the other hand, the PV cable parameters could significantly effect the MPPT control accuracy if only voltage and current measurements in the cable converter side are used. To overcome these issues, a state estimation for PV systems is considered in this paper. A high gain observer is designed on the basis of a PV system model that accounts for PV cable parameters. It provides estimates of PVG output voltage and current using only current and voltage measurements in the converter side of the cable. A backstepping controller is then synthesized with the view of ensuring the MPPT objective. The output feedback control convergence is formally analyzed and its performances are illustrated by simulation.     

Hybrid Renewable Energy Source Combined Dynamic Voltage Restorer for Power Quality Improvement

In this paper, the hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator (PV-TEG) combined dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) system is proposed for the power quality disturbances compensation in a single-phase distribution system. The stable and precise level of input voltage is essential for the smooth and trouble-free operation of the electrically sensitive loads which are connected at the utility side to avoid system malfunctions. In this context, the hybrid PV-TEG energy module combined DVR system is proposed in this paper. With the support of the hybrid energy module, the DVR will perform the power quality disturbances compensation effectively with needed voltage and /or power. In the proposed system, the PV and TEG energy sources are connected electrically in series to produce adequate voltage for the DVR operation and the fractional factor-based variable incremental conduction (FFVINC) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control algorithm is employed to extract the possible maximum power from the PV array. The intelligent fuzzy logic controller (FLC) is chosen for implementing the MPPT control algorithm. The half-bridge voltage source inverter (VSI) circuit and in-phase voltage compensation technique are used in the DVR for better power quality disturbances compensation. The performance and usefulness of the proposed DVR system are investigated by an extensive simulation study with four different modes of operation, the study results are confirmed that the proposed system promptly identifies the power quality disturbances for compensation. Moreover, the investigation proved that the combined PV and TEG energy module can provide better energy efficiency in converting solar irradiation into electricity.     

Intelligent maximum power tracking control of a PMSG wind energy conversion system

A comparative control study for a maximum power tracking strategy of variable speed wind turbine is provided. The system consists of a direct drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) and an uncontrolled rectifier followed by a DC/DC switch‐mode step down converter connected to a DC load. The buck converter is used to catch the maximum power from the wind by generating an efficient duty cycle. Distinct Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms are analyzed and compared: a classical Proportional‐Integral controller (PI) and two based Fuzzy Logic Controllers (FLC), including a conventional Fuzzy‐PI and an Adaptive FLC‐PI. The main aim of the presented study is to develop an advanced control scheme for wind generators to ensure a high level operating of the system and a maximum power extraction from the wind. This is achieved by analyzing the behavior of the system under fluctuating wind conditions employing Matlab Simpower Systems tool. Simulation results confirm that the Adaptive FLC‐PI controller algorithm has better performances in terms of dynamic response and efficiency especially in comparison with the ones of a PI controller under variable wind speed.     

基于分组粒子群的光伏最大功率点跟踪方法

针对光伏发电系统在复杂遮阴条件下,光伏输出P-V特性曲线呈现高度非线性,采用基于分组粒子群算法（particle swarm optimization, PSO）和优化的扰动观察法(perturb and observe, P&O)相结合的MPPT（maximum power point tracking）算法进行光伏发电系统输出功率的提升。提出的最大功率点算法分为两个阶段,首先通过将混合蛙跳算法(shuffled frog leaping algorithm, SFLA)的分组思想引入到传统粒子群算法,并采用改进后算法实现近似全局最大功率点的快速搜索,以加快最大功率点跟踪的收敛速度和稳定性。然后,采用优化的扰动观察法实现最大功率点附近的动态精确跟踪,同时减少后续最大功率点跟踪过程中的计算量。通过在不同阶段发挥两种MPPT算法的各自优点来提高光伏最大功率点跟踪控制的效率。最后进行光伏系统遮阴条件变化的仿真实验,与传统粒子群算法相比,提出MPPT方法具有较快的跟踪速度和稳定的功率输出。     

PI controller design using ABC algorithm for MPPT of PV system supplying DC motor pump load

Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is used in photovoltaic (PV) systems to maximize its output power. A new MPPT system has been suggested for PV–DC motor pump system by designing two PI controllers. The first one is used to reach MPPT by monitoring the voltage and current of the PV array and adjusting the duty cycle of the DC/DC converter. The second PI controller is designed for speed control of DC series motor by setting the voltage fed to the DC series motor through another DC/DC converter. The suggested design problem of MPPT and speed controller is formulated as an optimization task which is solved by artificial bee colony (ABC) to search for optimal parameters of PI controllers. Simulation results have shown the validity of the developed technique in delivering MPPT to DC series motor pump system under atmospheric conditions and tracking the reference speed of motor. Moreover, the performance of the ABC algorithm is compared with genetic algorithm for various disturbances to prove its robustness.

     

Maximum power point tracking （MPPT） control of a photovoltaic system based on dual carrier chaotic search

The output power of the photovoltaic (PV) array changes with the change in external environment and load.Therefore,maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technology is needed to maximize the efficiency of...     

A novel MPPT algorithm based on optimized artificial neural network by using FPSOGSA for standalone photovoltaic energy systems

Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms are used to maximize the output power of the photovoltaic (PV) panel under different temperature and irradiance conditions in photovoltaic energy sources (PVES). In this paper, a novel MPPT method based on optimized artificial neural network by using hybrid particle swarm optimization and gravitational search algorithm based on fuzzy logic (FPSOGSA) is proposed to track the operation of the PV panel in maximum power point (MPP). The performance of the proposed MPPT approach is tested by doing the simulation and experimental studies under different environmental conditions. The proposed method is compared with the conventional perturb and observation (P&O) method for standalone PVES. The results of the comparison the obtained from the simulation and experimental studies demonstrate that the proposed MPPT method provides the reduction oscillations around the MPP and the increased maximum power yield of the PV system in the steady state.

     

Bond graph modelling of a photovoltaic system feeding an induction motor-pump

Water pumping using induction motors has become one of the most feasible photovoltaic (PV) applications. A bond graph model to enable testing the PV system performance by computer simulation was developed. The PV-powered water pumping system investigated in this paper consists mainly of a PV generator, DC–DC and DC–AC converters, and induction motor-pump. The DC–DC converter control strategy is based on pulse width modulation (PWM). However, the oriented field control is used for the induction machine control. Computer simulations were carried out for maximum power point tracking (MPPT).     

并网光伏逆变器鲁棒分数阶滑模控制设计

本文设计了一款基于扰动观测器的鲁棒分数阶滑模控制(POFO–SMC)来实现光伏逆变器的最大功率跟踪(MPPT).首先,将光伏逆变器的非线性、参数不确定性以及未建模动态聚合成一个扰动,并通过扰动观测器对其进行在线估计.随后,采用分数阶滑模控制(FOSMC)对该扰动估计进行实时完全补偿,从而实现不同工况下全局一致的控制性能.同时,POFO–SMC采用扰动实时估计而非传统滑模控制(SMC)中所使用的扰动上限值进行补偿,因此可有效解决传统SMC过于保守的缺点,使得控制成本更为合理.最后,POFO–SMC无需精确的系统模型,仅需测量光伏逆变器的q轴电流和直流侧电压,因此易于硬件实现.本文进行了两个算例的研究,即光照强度变化和电网电压跌落.仿真结果表明,与传统PI控制、反馈线性化控制(FLC)、SMC和FOSMC相比,POFO–SMC在各类工况下均具有最好的动态特性及最高的鲁棒性.基于dSpace的硬件在环实验(HIL)验证了其硬件可行性.     

组合模糊控制技术与扰动观察法提升光伏发电MPPT性能

组合典型MPPT算法以优化系统性能是光伏发电新的研究范式。针对传统单一MPPT算法无法兼顾动态性能和稳态性能问题,尝试将模糊控制技术和扰动观察法进行组合用于光伏发电MPPT控制,具体方法是当系统靠近功率曲线两端时采用扰动观察法跟踪,当系统位于最大功率点附近采用模糊控制技术跟踪。实验结果表明,组合控制算法能够根据系统所处状态准确地在扰动观察法和模糊控制算法之间切换,系统响应时间相对于模糊控制缩短了31%,稳态误差相对于扰动观察法减少了67%,系统性能显著提升。     

采用自适应扰动观察法的光伏并网系统最大功率点跟踪

提出了一种自适应扰动观察（P＆O）算法,用于在不同天气条件下太阳能光伏（PV）并网系统的最大功率点跟踪（MPPT）控制策略。该策略对于从太阳能光伏电池板中,获取最大的功率输出是十分重要的。利用一种依赖于功率变化的可变的扰动步长,提出了改进的自适应扰动观察算法。最后将通过仿真所得到的数据与传统的扰动观察算法进行了比较,结果表明所提出MPPT算法的收敛值和速度得到了改善,稳定时间缩短25%,稳态值提高20%以上,在太阳能光伏并网系统的最大功率点跟踪时是有效而实用的。     

ANN-based MPPT algorithm for solar PMSM drive system fed by direct-connected PV array

In this paper, artificial neural network (ANN) based on a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is developed for a solar permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive system used without a boost converter and batteries. The discontinuous space vector PWM technique is used to drive two-level inverter which is directly fed by three parallel-connected Kyocera KD205GX-LP PV modules. The ANN-based MPPT algorithm estimates the voltages and currents corresponding to maximum powers produced by PV array at the maximum power point (MPP) for swiftly changing situations such as solar radiance and temperature. These maximum powers are given as input signal to vector control algorithm of PMSM. The PMSM is designed by using Infolytica/MotorSolve software so that the phase-to-phase maximum value of its operating voltage is 20 V. The use of three-phase PMSM presents more efficient solutions to the trading solar systems with dc motor or induction motor. Thus, an effective solar system is achieved. The performance of developed ANN-based MPPT algorithm, designed PMSM, vector-controlled driver and solar system is analyzed by using MATLAB/SimPowerSystems blocks under the rapidly changing environmental conditions.

     

Bond graph modeling and optimization of photovoltaic pumping system: Simulation and experimental results

Bond graphs are a promising possibility for modeling complex physical systems. This paper explores its potential by undertaking the analysis, modeling and design of a water pumping photovoltaic system. The effectiveness of photovoltaic water pumping systems depends on the sufficiency between the generated energy and the volume of pumped water. Another point developed in this paper presents the optimization of a photovoltaic (PV) water pumping system using maximum power point tracking technique (MPPT). The optimization is based on the detection of the optimal power. This optimization technique is developed to optimize the usage of power. The presented MPPT technique is used in photovoltaic water pumping system in order to increasing its efficiency. A buck–boost chopper allows an adaptation interface between the panel and the battery checked by a tracking mechanism known as the MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking). A new algorithm is presented to control a maximum power point tracker MPPT through a bond graph. From the chemical reactions in the batteries to the control laws of the power electronics structures, a bond graph model is proposed for every single part of the system. The model is used in simulations and the results compared to actual measurements. The model is used in simulations and the results compared to actual measurements, showing an accuracy of nearly 99%.     

Fuzzy observer-based control for maximum power-point tracking of a photovoltaic system

This paper presents a novel fuzzy control design method for maximum power-point tracking (MPPT) via a Takagi and Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model-based approach. A knowledge-dynamic model of the PV system is first developed leading to a TS representation by a simple convex polytopic transformation. Then, based on this exact fuzzy representation, a H_∞ observer-based fuzzy controller is proposed to achieve MPPT even when we consider varying climatic conditions. A specified TS reference model is designed to generate the optimum trajectory which must be tracked to ensure maximum power operation. The controller and observer gains are obtained in a one-step procedure by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The proposed method has been compared with some classical MPPT techniques taking into account convergence speed and tracking accuracy. Finally, various simulation and experimental tests have been carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed TS fuzzy MPPT strategy.