Maximum power point tracking control techniques: State-of-the-art in photovoltaic applications

Bhatnagar, Pallavee; Nema, Rajesh Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.011

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“…A large number of conventional MPPT techniques, have been reported in Ref. [9]. In this project, the InCond (incremental conductance) method was used, and 190 algorithm code was written according to the flow chart of Fig.…”

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Photovoltaic Powered Reverse Osmosis Plant for Brackish Water without Batteries with Self Acting Pressure Valve and MPPT

Mendonça¹,

Carvalho²,

Praça³

et al. 2017

JEPE

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This paper presents a PV (photovoltaic) powered RO (reverse osmosis) plant for brackish water without batteries and a self-regulating pressure valve. The aim is to extract the maximum power from the PV module using an MPPT (maximum power point tracking) technique for powering a solar water pump and maintain constant the pressure in the RO membranes by using the self-operated valve. A Buck type converter using the InCond (incremental conductance) MPPT was developed for this application. The MPPT chosen was simulated, tested and validated, showing an efficiency of 86.8%. The technical feasibility of the RO plant was made by PLC (programmable logic controller) and was tested for two salinity levels (1,000 and 1,500 mg/L of TDS (total dissolved solids)). These salinity levels chosen are commonly found in most brackish water wells of the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil. The RO plant could permeate 175.3 L/day of drinking water with 120 mg/L of TDS and specific energy consumption of 2.56 kWh/m 3 .

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Photovoltaic Powered Reverse Osmosis Plant for Brackish Water without Batteries with Self Acting Pressure Valve and MPPT

Mendonça¹,

Carvalho²,

Praça³

et al. 2017

JEPE

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“…Many strategies to find the MPP are available in the literature for different equipment technologies, variable environmental conditions, complexity, cost, range of effectiveness, convergence speed, and accuracy tracking when irradiation and/or temperature change. An exhaustive review of different MPPT algorithms can be found in [3][4][5][6].…”

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“…The main problem with this algorithm is that V max is not always at the fixed percentage of V oc and the energy is wasted when the circuit is opened to measure V oc [4,5,13]. Instead of operating with voltage, one can operate with current to obtain the so-called short-current pulse-based MPPT which is similar to the CV method.…”

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“…Thus, the system requires a large memory capacity to store all necessary data for varying atmospheric conditions. This method is slow and not very accurate [5]. In the second method, the power-voltage characteristic of PV panels is approached by a polynomial function.…”

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“…The operating point on the characteristics of the panel is then moved to track the MPP. This approach requires also large memory and large computation time to calculate the polynomial coefficients for different environmental conditions [5,14].…”

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Accurate Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm Based on a Photovoltaic Device Model

Bahir

Hassboun

2017

International Journal of Photoenergy

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An accurate method is proposed to track the maximum power point of a photovoltaic module. The method is based on the analytical value of the maximum power point voltage, determined from a mathematical model of the photovoltaic panel. The method has the advantage of accuracy without any oscillations, as with certain conventional methods. The algorithm has also the ability to track accurately the maximum power point under variable atmospheric conditions and load changes. Experimental results are presented to show the effectiveness of the method. The implementation of the method needs an online measurement of irradiance, panel temperature, and panel current and voltage.

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Maximum Power Point Tracking Techniques

Balato

Costanzo

Vitelli

2016

Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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An essential objective for many photovoltaic (PV) applications is represented by the so‐called maximum power point tracking (MPPT). Under uniform irradiance and ambient temperature conditions, the power versus voltage characteristic of a PV array is characterized by the presence of a unique point, termed maximum power point (MPP), where the power provided by the array itself attains its maximum value. Any other operating point leads to the extraction of a smaller PV energy. Therefore, in order to avoid the waste of PV energy, the working of the array in its MPP is mandatory. Since the position of the MPP continuously changes in time as a function of irradiance and temperature, it is necessary to continuously track it. Such an objective can be obtained by using proper MPPT control techniques. A large number of papers have appeared in the scientific literature during the last 15 years on the issue of MPPT, and as a result it may be difficult to decide the best technique for a given application. Therefore, this survey may hopefully be beneficial to students, researchers, and practitioners in PV systems. The article overviews the representative PV MPPT algorithms, organized into four main groups. The first group contains the so‐called “hill climbing” techniques, the second group contains the “curve fitting” techniques, the third group contains the “dynamical” techniques, and the fourth group includes all the techniques that do not belong to the first three groups.

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Maximum power point tracking control techniques: State-of-the-art in photovoltaic applications

Cited by 316 publications

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Photovoltaic Powered Reverse Osmosis Plant for Brackish Water without Batteries with Self Acting Pressure Valve and MPPT

Photovoltaic Powered Reverse Osmosis Plant for Brackish Water without Batteries with Self Acting Pressure Valve and MPPT

Accurate Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithm Based on a Photovoltaic Device Model

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