Design and implementation Maximum Power Point Tracking in photovoltaic cells

Author

Dineshkumar, T. ; Subramani, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. Of ECE, K.S.R. Coll. of Eng., Tiruchengode, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 April 2013

Firstpage

792

Lastpage

795

Abstract

Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is used to optimize photovoltaic cells power. Maximum power is tracked with the help of maximum power point tracking algorithms. Beta algorithm is a type of MPPT algorithm. Beta algorithm is having fast tracking ability in different atmospheric conditions. Algorithms are used to calculate the duty cycle for DC-DC converter. Calculation of duty cycle is depending on photovoltaic cells output voltage and current. Output power of DC-DC converter is measured in order to verify the algorithm in different irradiation levels in photovoltaic cells. Then beta algorithm is compared with different MPPT algorithms.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; solar cells; sunlight; DC-DC converter; MPPT; atmospheric condition; duty cycle calculation; maximum power point tracking algorithm; photovoltaic cell power generation; solar irradiation; Computers; MATLAB; Photovoltaic systems; Regulators; Switches; Beta Method; Incremental Conductance (INC); Perturb and Observe (P&O); Photovoltaic cell;

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.2013.6533486

Filename

6533486