Control of Agrid Connected PV System using Hill-Climbing Techniques
K. Chaitanya N. A. Srinivas Reddy1, B. S. S. Santosh2
1K. Chaitanya & NA Srinivas Reddy, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College, Bhimavaram (Andhra Pradesh), India.
2B. S. S. Santosh, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College, Bhimavaram (Andhra Pradesh), India.
Manuscript received on 11 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 June 2019 | Manuscript Published on 15 June 2019 | PP: 106-111 | Volume-8 Issue-1S3 June 2019 | Retrieval Number: A10200681S319/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Renewable energy resources generally consist of solar, wind, tidal energy which have low operating cost and low pollutant emissions has a great concern. Where as in conventional energy with great increase in global warming, fossil fuel shortage and damage to the environment system. Among them, Photovoltaic (PV) systems are used as they are clean, light and easily installable. The power output of the Photovoltaic cell based on irradiance and ambient temperature. This paper proposes a algorithm for drawing peak available power from the Photovoltaic array using the boost converter linked to photovoltaic system is managed by the Incremental Conductance Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm(IC-MPPTA).This algorithm is established on the certainty that the slope of the P-V characteristics of the PV array is zero at MPP, negative on the right side of the curve and positive on the left side of the curve. This algorithm is compared by simulating a 100KW PV system connected to grid. These MPPT algorithm is written in MATLAB M-files is utilized in simulation. From results, the proposed method for MPPT is faster and more stable than any other method.
Keywords: Incremental Conductance, Irradiance, Maximum Power Point Tracking, PV Array.
Scope of the Article: Control and Automation