Modelling and simulation of an efficient Charge Controller for Photovoltaic System with Maximum Power Point Tracking

Author

Khan, Mohammad Nasim Imtiaz ; Khan, Md.Zadid ; Noor, Dewan Fahim ; Nahiyan, Adib ; Haque, Md.Ehsanul ; Saha, Shammya Shananda ; Rachi, Md Rifat Kaisar ; Khan, Md.Ziaur Rahman

Author_Institution

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

fYear

2014

fDate

29-31 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Design and simulation of an efficient, cost effective Charge Controller for Photovoltaic (PV) System is presented here. To harness maximum power from the PV panel, the charge controller is equipped with Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) feature. An efficient algorithm for MPPT is developed which requires less iteration to reach Maximum Power Point (MPP) than the traditional Perturb and Observe (P&O) method. Only an input voltage sensor is needed for the design and algorithm to track the MPP which makes the charge controller cost effective. The performance of this charge controller is demonstrated via simulation in Powersim (PSIM) software using the parameters of a practical solar panel (Sunflower A-300). It has been found that around 50% less iterations are required to track the MPP than the tradition P&O method for the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

Algorithm design and analysis; Approximation algorithms; Interpolation; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Prediction algorithms; MPPT; P&O; PV Panel; Parabolic Interpolation; Proportional Power; Single-Ended Primary Inductance Converter (SEPIC);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Developments in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET), 2014 3rd International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDRET.2014.6861672

Filename

6861672