Analysis of a flexible and rugged photovoltaic-based power system

Author

Le, Bin ; Kwasinski, Alexis

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

fYear

2008

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper studies the operation of a multi-input boost converter powered by photovoltaic modules. Performance of ripple correlation control (RCC) and fuzzy logic control in tracking maximum power point are investigated through simulation. Both single panel operation and dual panel operations are analyzed to prove that they are controlled independently. A simple analog circuit implantation is tested with existing solar panels to verify the effectiveness of control.

Keywords

fuzzy control; photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; solar cells; analog circuit implantation; dual panel operations; flexible photovoltaic-power system; fuzzy logic control; multiinput boost converter; ripple correlation control; rugged photovoltaic-power system; single panel operation; solar panels; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; DC-DC power converters; Digital control; Fuzzy logic; Photovoltaic systems; Power system analysis computing; Solar power generation; Voltage control; Multi-input boost converter; fuzzy logic control; ripple correlation control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2008. INTELEC 2008. IEEE 30th International

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2055-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2056-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2008.4664074

Filename

4664074