RT Journal Article
T1 Enhanced auto-scaling incremental conductance MPPT method, implemented on low-cost microcontroller and SEPIC converter
A1 Necaibia, Salah
A1 Kelaiaia, Mounia Samira
A1 Labar, Hocine
A1 Necaibia, Ammar
A1 Castronuovo, Edgardo Daniel
AB This paper proposes a new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm for photovoltaic (PV) systems, which is tested in simulations and practical implementations. In the proposed PV-MPPT system, a new control strategy is applied to create two operating areas. In each area, the step-size is different in the function of the closeness to the MPP. Because of this strategy, some drawbacks of the conventional incremental conductance (IncCond) methods are eliminated. A single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC) DC-DC converter is controlled with the proposed MPPT technique. The modified IncCond method is validated under simulation with test data, real data and real scenarios of solar irradiation. The results of the proposed approach show higher MPPT efficiencies and shorter convergence times than the conventional IncCond method even in rapidly changing conditions of solar radiation.
PB Elsevier
SN 0038-092X
YR 2019
FD 2019-03-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/34082
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/34082
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 18 may. 2024