A new method of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of photovoltaic (PV) cells using impedance adaption by Ripple correlation control (RCC)

Author

Rafiei, Mojtaba ; Abdolmaleki, Mohsen ; Mehrabi, A. Hamid

Author_Institution

West Tehran Province Power Distrib. Co., Karaj, Iran

fYear

2012

fDate

2-3 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In this paper, we are likely to introduce a new method of tracking maximum power point of PV arrays. the relationship between arrays output power and load impedance enables us to provide suitable adaption between load impedance and internal impedance of arrays and find the optimum operating point to receive maximum available power of PV arrays. a boost convertor is connected between arrays and load to adapt load impedance to PV internal impedance. Ripple correlation control (RCC), is used as a basic law to correlate load impedance and power Ripples in order to compute duty ratio of switching devices to maximize PV output power via adapting load and PV internal impedance.

Keywords

maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; power generation control; MPPT; PV arrays; PV internal impedance; RCC; boost convertor; duty ratio; impedance adaption; load impedance; maximum power point tracking; optimum operating point; photovoltaic cells; ripple correlation control; Adaptive arrays; Converters; Impedance; Insulation life; Mathematical model; Power generation; Switches; boost convertor; impedance adaption; maximum power point; photovoltaic; ripple correlation control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Distribution Networks (EPDC), 2012 Proceedings of 17th Conference on

Conference_Location

Tehran

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1418-3

Type

conf

Filename

6253959