Realization of a photovoltaic chain with a chopper controlled by a microcontroller PIC 18F4550

Author

Boucherit, H. ; Sahnine, S. ; Boukhelifa, A. ; Benmansour, K.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´Instrum., USTHB, Algiers, Algeria

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The objective of this work is the study and the realization of a photovoltaic conversion chain which consists mainly of a solar panel, a power converter controlled by a signal pulse width modulation (PWM), generated by a microcontroller and an electric load. For develop this work, we carried a chopper Buck we achieve a chopper Buck and different associated cards: cards of measurement, protection and control based on the PIC 18F4550. This one generates a PWM control signal to 10 KHz frequency, with variable duty cycle. A system practical validation is performed, which experimental results showed a good functioning of the achieved system with a satisfactory yield.

Keywords

PWM power convertors; choppers (circuits); microcontrollers; photovoltaic power systems; power system control; solar cell arrays; PWM control; chopper buck; chopper controlled; electric load; frequency 10 kHz; microcontroller PIC 18F4550; photovoltaic conversion chain; power converter controlled; pulse width modulation; solar panel; Choppers (circuits); Maximum power point trackers; Microcontrollers; Photovoltaic systems; Pulse width modulation; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Sciences and Technologies in Maghreb (CISTEM), 2014 International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISTEM.2014.7077054

Filename

7077054