Implementation of maximum power point tracking using fuzzy logic controller for solar-powered light-flasher applications

Author

Khaehintung, N. ; Sirisuk, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Control Eng., Mahanakorn Univ. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

25-28 July 2004

Abstract

This paper presents the development of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) using a fuzzy logic controller (FLC). By applying the synthetic fuzzy inference algorithm, the relation between input and output of FLC can be effectively stored in a memory-limited lookup table (LUT). As a consequence, the controller can be efficiently implemented on a low-cost 16F872 RISC microcontroller. A practical system found in a transportation industry, particularly a solar-powered light flasher (SPLF) with built in MPPT using FLC, is developed. Experimental results are shown to demonstrate superiority of the proposed technique.

Keywords

fuzzy control; fuzzy reasoning; microcontrollers; reduced instruction set computing; solar powered vehicles; table lookup; 16F872 RISC microcontroller; fuzzy inference algorithm; fuzzy logic controller; maximum power point tracking; memory limited lookup table; solar powered light flasher; transportation industry; Electrical equipment industry; Fuzzy logic; Inference algorithms; Lighting control; Microcontrollers; Photovoltaic systems; Reduced instruction set computing; Solar power generation; Table lookup; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2004. MWSCAS '04. The 2004 47th Midwest Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8346-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2004.1354319

Filename

1354319