Title :
An Error Driven Pid Controller for Maximum Utilization of Photovoltaic Powered PMDC Motor Drives
Author :
Sharaf, A.M. ; Elbakush, E. ; Altas, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Abstract :
The paper presents a novel maximum utilization scheme for photovoltaic (PV) powered permanent magnet DC (PMDC) motor drives. The power from the PV array is used to operate the PMDC motor driving a mechanical pumping/ventilation/refrigeration load. The dc motor drive system is controlled by a dynamic multi-loop error driven proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller. The control scheme generates the required pulsing using a PWM-pulse width modulated switching block (PWM) for complementary switching of IGBT/MOSFET solid state devices in order to control the effective magnitude of the motor armature voltage for speed control and maximum utilization combined actions. Speed reference tracking and maximum photovoltaic power utilization are ensured by multi-loop dynamic action in case of solar irradiation, temperature variations as well as load excursions.
Keywords :
DC motor drives; machine control; permanent magnet motors; pulse width modulation; solar power; three-term control; IGBT/MOSFET solid state devices; PWM-pulse width modulated switching block; dynamic multiloop error; error driven PID controller; maximum utilization; mechanical pumping-ventilation-refrigeration load; photovoltaic powered PMDC motor drives; powered permanent magnet DC motor drives; proportional-integral-derivative controller; Control systems; DC motors; Error correction; Motor drives; Photovoltaic systems; Pi control; Proportional control; Pulse width modulation; Solar power generation; Three-term control;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007. CCECE 2007. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1020-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2007.39