RVR & JC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Autonomous)

Chowdavaram :: Guntur - 522019

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

SOLAR PV SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ANAALYSIS USING VARIOUS MPPT TECHNIQUES

Under Guidance of Dr.A.RAMA KOTESWARA RAO, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

M.TECH, PHD (DEPARTMENT OF EEE)

BY:
SAI TEJA CHATTALA
 Abstract
 Nowadays, Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is considered as a
prominent alternative to fossil fuels.
 It has received great attention due to it nonpolluting operation. The two
main factors which influence the performance of PV system are
irradiance and temperature.
 Because during partial shading conditions, irradiance and temperature
changes which in turn reduces the generated power.
 However, Conventional tracking techniques fails to track the maximum
power point under partial shading condition because during this
condition, the characteristics of PV exhibit many local maxima and
conventional methods are unable to track the global maximum power
point.
 This project presents a comparative analysis of MPPT methods which are
perturb and observe(P&O),Incremental conductance(IC) and Fuzzy logic
under partially shaded conditions.
 MATLAB SIMULINK has been used for the analysis and the relevant
results are discussed in detail.
 Introduction
 Increasing environmental concerns, dwindling fuel reserves and rising energy
needs has directed our attention towards the glimmer of aspiration for a
future totally based on renewable and non polluting energy supply
technology.
 Power generation through Photovoltaic (PV) is increasingly becoming popular
in comparison to renewable resources owing to its advantages like easy
availability, low cost, negligible environmental pollution and lesser
maintenance tariff.
 Despite having so many advantages, performance of PV generation is greatly
opposed by its sensitivity towards two environmental factors namely
temperature and irradiance.
 In earlier times, single PV modules were in high demand but due to the
increasing demand of power in modern world, these are replaced by group of
PV modules.
 MPPT Techniques

 Maximum power point tracking techniques are used to extract the

maximum power in solar PV system.
 So that most stable and maximum possible power can be transferred
from source side to load end.
 The main aim of MPPT techniques is to hunt the global maximum
point.
 There are various kinds of MPPT techniques for the optimization of
solar power and all differ from each other in respect of effectiveness,
cost, complexity, speed and popularity.
 MPPT System

 The considered system consist of four blocks namely PV array, MPPT

system, Controller and measurement system which are connected to
perform the required simulation.
 The main objective of our work is to track the power under partial
shading condition.
 We created partial shading condition through our first block where we
connected four PV modules in series each of which is getting different
inputs of irradiance and temperature.
 The output of array block is directly fed to optimization block to
maximize our output.
 The duty cycle output from MPPT algorithm is being fed to boost
converter via PWM converter.
 Here, the output from boost converter is connected via resistive load so
as to know the amount of power we are obtaining from the considered
system.
Configuration Diagram of PV System
Modelling and Simulation
 The considered model is being built by MATLAB
2016a.
 Consists of four blocks namely PV array, MPPT
system, Controller and measurement system which are
connected to perform the required simulation.
 The main objective of our work is to track the power
under partial shading condition using an MPPT
technique.
 In this project, we have studied and simulated a PV
system under partial shading conditions using different
MPPT algorithms.
 Simulations have been carried out under variable
irradiance conditions.
Simulation model of proposed PV System
 P & O Algorithm

 It is abbreviated as P & O method and works by perturbing the

terminal voltage of the PV array in a regular interval of time and then
comparing the output power of the PV with previous perturbation
cycle.
 It is the simplest and the most widely used approach. The basis of this
technique is the relationship between output power of PV module and
its output voltage.
 Here, the duty cycle ratio is adjusted until it reaches the maximum
power point.
P&O Algorithm
Incremental conductance Algorithm

 This approach is somewhat different from the one discussed above in the way
that it works by assuming that the ratio of the change in output conductance
is equal to the negative output conductance.
 Its basic principle is that the slope of the PV array power curve is zero at the
peak power point.
 This method produces the peak power near to 98% of its incremental
conductance.
 In this method, when the maximum power point is attained, the incremental
conductance method stops perturbing the operating point further.
IC Algorithm
Fuzzy Logic

 Fuzzy logic based MPPT have been gained more attention because of their
capability to handle nonlinearity associated with the system.
 FMPPT can deal with uncertainty such as unmodeled physical quantities
Nonlinearity and unpredictable changes in operating point of the PV system.
 This MPPT technique enhances the choice of variable step size of the duty
cycle and therefore improves the performance of photovoltaic system.
 The concept of this algorithm is to compute the variable step according to the
slope value of PV characteristic for Photovoltaic module.
Fuzzy Logic Algorithm
Simulation model of Solar PV Array
Final simulation circuit of proposed PV system using P&O Algorithm
Final simulation circuit of PV system using IC Algorithm
Final simulation circuit of PV system using Fuzzy method
PERTURB AND OBSERVE ALGORITHM
RESULTS
 PV AND IV CURVES WHEN IRRADIANCE IS 1000 w/m^2

 
IRRADIANCE – 1000 w/m^2
PEAK POWER – 200W
VOLTAGE – 234.5V
CURRENT – 0.46A
MAX.POWER – 110W
INCREMENTAL CONDUCTANCE
ALGORITHM RESULTS
PV AND IV CURVES OBTAINED WHEN
IRRADIANCE IS 1000 w/m^2
IRRADIANCE – 1000 w/m^2
PANEL RATING – 200 W
VOLTAGE – 240.4 V
CURRENT – 0.48 A
MAX.POWER OBTAINED – 115.6 W
FUZZY LOGIC ALGORITHM RESULTS
PV AND IV CURVES OBTAINED WHEN
IRRADIANCE IS 1000 w/m^2
IRRADIANCE – 1000 w/m^2
PEAK POWER – 200W
VOLTAGE – 378.5V
CURRENT – 0.31A
MAX.POWER – 119.4W
Simulation Results

METHOD IRRADIANCE VOLTAGE CURRENT MAXIMUM

(w/m^2) (volts) (amps) POWER
(watts)

P&O 1000 234.5 0.46 110

IC 1000 240.4 0.48 115.6
FUZZY 1000 378.5 0.31 119.4
CONCLUSION

 In this Project, we have studied the performance of Solar PV System under a suitable
irradiance condition by using three different MPPT techniques.
 We are able to track the power, voltage and current values of the system by using all the
three techniques.
 The maximum power tracked during all methods was nearly same.
 Among all the techniques which were used, the Fuzzy logic shown most satisfactory
results when compared to the other two.
FUTURE SCOPE

It is well known that various types of methods is used for generating the electricity like
Thermal Power plants (Nuclear, Coal, petroleum etc.), Hydro (water) power plants, but it is
non-renewable resources and also harmful for humans as well as environment.
 
Here are the some that can be future research papers:
 MPPT operating APP: An application of operating MPPT by the help of smartphones can
so be made operate from whenever via the Internet.
 DC-DC running loads: DC from MPPT can be taken directly and DC load can be run.
DC loads helps to consume low electricity.
 Energy Management: There is need to manage energy when these algorithm are
developed.
  
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