Title :
Implementation of Field Programmable Gate Array based Maximum Power Point Tracking controller of photovoltaic system
Author :
Al-Mohaya, Mukarram A. M. ; Mahamad, Abdul Kadir ; Saon, Sharifah
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia
Abstract :
Photovoltaic (PV) cell is one of the electrical part to convert photo-light into electricity in order to generate the electrical power. This paper presents the implementation of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller in evaluating the Maximum Power Point (MPP) output voltage of PV system. Matlab Simulink and Quartus II VHDL software tools are used as simulator of this FPGA, while Altera DE2 board is used as a controller. Both simulator and hardware had shown the same results, which prove that the designed system has been successfully extracting the MPP. The system has been evaluated in sunny day and partially shaded conditions to analyze the respective outputs.
Keywords :
digital control; field programmable gate arrays; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; power generation control; Altera DE2 board; FPGA; MPP output voltage evaluation; MPPT; Matlab Simulink; PV cell; PV system; Quartus II VHDL software tools; electrical power generation; field programmable gate array; maximum power point tracking controller; photolight conversion; photovoltaic cell; photovoltaic system; Control systems; Field programmable gate arrays; MATLAB; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Voltage control; FPGA; MPP; MPPT; PV;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO), 2013 IEEE 7th International
Conference_Location :
Langkawi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5072-3
DOI :
10.1109/PEOCO.2013.6564640
