An enhanced methodology for maximum power point tracking in solar powered UPS application

Author

Velu, A. ; Kalaiarasi, N. ; Dash, S.S. ; Babu, G. Surendra

Author_Institution

SRM Univ., Chennai, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 April 2013

Firstpage

535

Lastpage

539

Abstract

In this paper, an advanced mppt tracking is utilized to extract the maximum power from solar PV array. The tracked maximum voltage is fed to the simple boost converter to increment the voltage. Following the tracking process, the boosted DC voltage is implied for charging portable UPS. In the proposed PV system, the incremental conductance MPPT algorithm is utilized for tracking the maximum power, for UPS applications.

Keywords

PWM invertors; maximum power point trackers; solar cell arrays; uninterruptible power supplies; PV system; PWM inverter; advanced MPPT tracking; boost converter; boosted DC voltage; charging portable UPS; incremental conductance MPPT algorithm; maximum power point tracking; solar PV array; solar powered UPS application; tracked maximum voltage; Algorithm design and analysis; Arrays; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Uninterruptible power systems; Voltage control; Boost converter; MPPT; PIcontroller; PWM inverter; Photovoltaic cell; UPS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagercoil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6149-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533441

Filename

6533441