A comprehensive simulator for assessing the reliability of a photovoltaic panel peak power tracking system

doi:10.1007/s11708-015-0353-y

Front. Energy

2015, Vol. 9

Issue (2) : 170-179 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-015-0353-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

A comprehensive simulator for assessing the reliability of a photovoltaic panel peak power tracking system

Nabil KAHOUL¹(

), Mourad HOUABES¹, Ammar NEÇAIBIA²

¹. Laboratoire d’ Electrotechnique, d’ Annaba, Badji Mokhtar-Annaba University, Annaba 23000, Algeria
². Research Unit of Renewable Energy in Saharan Middle (URER/MS), Adrar 01000, Algeria

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Abstract

When designing a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm, it is often difficult to correctly predict, before field testing, the behavior of this MPPT under varying solar irradiation on photovoltaic (PV) panels. A solution to this problem is to design a maximum power point trackers simulator of a PV system used to test MPPT algorithms. This simulator must have the same role as the MPPT card of the PV panel and thus will fully emulate the response of a real MPPT card of the PV panel. Therefore, it is a good substitute to help to test the peak power trackers of the PV system in the laboratory. This paper describes a simple peak power trackers simulator of the PV system which has a short response time thus, can be used to test MPPT algorithms under very rapid variation condition. The obtained results and the theoretical operation confirm the reliability and the superior performance of the proposed model.

Keywords photovoltaic module DC-DC converter design maximum power point tracking (MPPT) card microprocessor

Corresponding Author(s): Nabil KAHOUL

Just Accepted Date: 02 February 2015 Online First Date: 11 March 2015 Issue Date: 29 May 2015

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Nabil KAHOUL,Mourad HOUABES,Ammar NEÇAIBIA. A comprehensive simulator for assessing the reliability of a photovoltaic panel peak power tracking system[J]. Front. Energy, 2015, 9(2): 170-179.

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Fig.1 Single-diode model of PV cell

Tab.1 Main parameters of the PV module ISOFOTON I-75

Fig.2 I-V simulated and experimental curves of the studied PV module

Fig.3 I-V simulated curves of the studied PV module under different solar irradiation levels

Fig.4 Simulink implementation of the PV panel simulator

Fig.5 Buck-boost converter circuit

Fig.6 Microcontroller 16F876A

Fig.7 Flowchart of P&O algorithm

Fig.8 Voltage divider circuitry

Fig.9 Hall Effect current sensor

Fig.10 Simulink implementation of the MPPT system simulator

Fig.11 Simulated results of the whole system at STC

Fig.12 Tracking power P(t)

Fig.13 Tracking voltage V(t) and current I(t) under fast-changing solar irradiation level and a temperature of 25°C.

Fig.14 Tracking voltage and current under different solar irradiation and a temperature of 25°C

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