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Study and Control of Photovoltaic Water Pumping System

  • Khlifi, Mohamed Arbi
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.117-124
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    • 2016
  • Solar photovoltaic pumping system is one of most important of renewable energy applications especially in rural areas. Besides, the control strategy for standalone solar pumping system based on induction motor and without DC/DC converter has been widely studied and discussed in the literature. This topology is of great concern due its economic issues, especially when a standard frequency converter (SFCs) with scalar control is used instead of a dedicated PV inverter. This paper proposes an external control module to generate SFCs frequency reference in order to ensure both maximum power point tracking (MPPT). We present method of modeling and control of photovoltaic pumping system based centrifugal pump controlled by new improved incremental conductance in order to optimize the price and operation of pumping system this MPPT algorithm have many advantages like can be eliminate proportional integral controller It is a low cost solution since it requires no additional power equipment. The induction motor driven pump that is powered by a solar array is controlled by the indirect field oriented control (IFOC). The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by simulations carried out under Matlab Software. The experimental results are compared with simulation results.

Soft Switching Control Method for Photovoltaic AC Module Flyback Inverter using Synchronous Rectifier (동기 정류기를 이용한 태양광 모듈용 플라이백 인버터 소프트 스위칭 제어 기법)

  • Jang, Jin-Woo;Kim, Young-Ho;Choi, Bong-Yeon;Jung, Yong-Chae;Won, Chung-Yuen
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.312-321
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, high efficiency control method for flyback inverter with synchronous rectifier(SR) based on photovoltaic AC modules is proposed. In this control method, the operation of SR is classified according to the voltage spike across main switch SP. When the voltage spike across SP is lower than the rating voltage of SP, the operation of active clamp circuit is interrupted for reducing the switching loss of auxiliary switch. In this time, the SR is operated for soft-switching of SP. When the voltage spike across Sp is higher than the rating voltage of SP, the operation of active circuit is activated for reducing the voltage spike. The SR is operated for reducing the conduction loss of secondary output diode. Thus, a switching loss of the main switch can be reduced in low power region, and weighted-efficiency can be improved. A theoretical analysis and the design principle of the proposed method are provided. And validity is confirmed through simulation and experimental results.

Comparative Study between Two-loop and Single-loop Control of DC/DC Converter for PVPCS (PVPCS DC/DC 컨버터 모델링 및 2중 루프 제어와 단일 루프 제어의 특성 비교)

  • Kim, Dong-Hwan;Jung, Seung-Hwan;Song, Seung-Ho;Choi, Ju-Yeop;Choi, Ick;An, Jin-Ung;Lee, Sang-Chul;Lee, Dong-Ha
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.spc3
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    • pp.245-254
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    • 2012
  • In photovoltaic system, the characteristics of photovoltaic module such as open circuit voltage and short circuit current will be changed because of cell temperature and solar radiation. Therefore, the boost converter of a PV system connects between the output of photovoltaic system and DC link capacitor of grid connected inverter as controlling duty ratio for maximum power point tracking(MPPT). This paper shows the dynamic characteristics of the boost converter by comparing single-loop and two-loop control algorithm using both analog and digital control. Both proposed compensation methods have been verified with computer simulation to demonstrate the validity of the proposed control schemes.