FPGA-based implementation of an adaptive P&O MPPT controller for PV applications

Author

Ricco, Mattia ; Manganiello, Patrizio ; Petrone, Giovanni ; Monmasson, E. ; Spagnuolo, Giovanni

Author_Institution

SATIE - Equipe SETE, Univ. de Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, France

fYear

2014

fDate

1-4 June 2014

Firstpage

1876

Lastpage

1881

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) implementation of an adaptive perturb and observe (P&O) maximum power point tracking controller for photovoltaic application. The implemented controller is able to adapt the perturbation period of the P&O algorithm in order to face the changing environment conditions as well the aging of the photovoltaic system. The proposed implementation allows significantly improving the timing performances and reducing the FPGA resources. A complete time/area performance analysis and the experimental results confirm the feasibility and the efficiency of the proposed controller implementation.

Keywords

adaptive control; field programmable gate arrays; maximum power point trackers; perturbation techniques; photovoltaic power systems; power system control; FPGA implementation; FPGA resource; P&O algorithm; PV applications; adaptive P&O MPPT controller; controller implementation; field programmable gate array implementation; maximum power point tracking controller; perturb and observe; perturbation period; photovoltaic system; time-area performance analysis; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency response; Hardware; Maximum power point trackers; Smoothing methods; Timing; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2014 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864901

Filename

6864901