Laboratory setup for investigation of MPPT algorithms of photovoltaic modules under non-uniform insolation

Author

Galan, Diego Moreno ; Starzak, L. ; Torzewicz, T. ; Piotrowicz, Maciej ; Maranda, Witold

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron. & Comput. Sci., Lodz Univ. of Technol., Lodz, Poland

fYear

2013

Firstpage

603

Lastpage

606

Abstract

A laboratory setup for investigation of maximum power point trackers (MPPT) for photovoltaic (PV) modules is presented. It is composed of a PV module, an artificial light source and a universal maximum MPPT circuit. The PV module has been customised so that to enable investigation of partial shadowing effects and related countermeasures. Halogen lamps provide a constant irradiation and pulse operation is possible to avoid module heating. A digitally controlled DC/DC power converter with multiple voltage and current sensors makes it possible to implement and assess different MPPT methods.

Keywords

electric sensing devices; lamps; light sources; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic cells; MPPT algorithms; artificial light source; constant irradiation; current sensors; digitally controlled DC-DC power converter; halogen lamps; maximum power point trackers; multiple voltage sensors; nonuniform insolation; partial shadowing effects; photovoltaic modules; pulse operation; universal maximum MPPT circuit; Laboratories; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation effects; Shadow mapping; Transistors; Photovoltaic cells; maximum power point trackers; measurement; partial shadowing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES), 2013 Proceedings of the 20th International Conference

Print_ISBN

978-83-63578-00-8

Type

conf

Filename

6613424