Arno Smets
PV Systems - Components and Concepts Maximum Power Point Tracking - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
PV Systems - Components and Concepts Maximum Power Point Tracking - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
PV Systems - Components and Concepts Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Week 7.3 Arno Smets Generic I-V curve of a solar cell P MPP I SC Current I Power P Maximum Power Point (MPP) V OC Voltage V PV cell, module and array Connection in
Generic I-V curve of a solar cell
VOC ISC
Maximum Power Point (MPP)
Power P Current I Voltage V
PMPP
PV cell, module and array
Connection in series voltages add up
v A
3 2 1 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0 VOC 2VOC Cells current (A) Cell voltage V (V)
Connection in parallel currents add up
A v
Cell voltage V in V 3 2 1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 VOC Cells current (A) 0.6 6 5 4 9 8 7 3ISC 2ISC 3VOC ISC
Generic I-V curve of a PV module
Irradiance G Temperature T
Current I Voltage V VOC ISC
PV module – operating point
Temperature T Irradiance G (I,V)
Current I Voltage V VOC ISC
PV module – PV curve
Current I Power P Voltage V
PMAX
P V I
(I,V) (P,V)
VOC ISC
PV curve - MPPT
PMPP
Power P Vmpp Impp Current I Voltage V
Maximum Power Point (MPP)
PV module – Need for MPPT
Voltage V
PMPP
Power P Vmpp Current I Impp
P’MPP
MPPT Techniques
MPP Tracking
Voltage V Power P Current I
Fixed Voltage Method Fractional Open Circuit Voltage Method
Indirect
Perturb and Observe Method Incremental Conduction Method
Direct
MPPT – Fixed Voltage Method
PMPP winter
Power P Current I Voltage V
PMPP summer
Constant irradiance
MPPT – Fractional Open Circuit Voltage
Power P Current I Voltage V
mp p
- c
V k V
VOC Vmpp
PMPP
Impp V’OC
P’MPP
V’mpp I’mpp
Addition of a pilot PV cell
Module Pilot cell
Power P Current I Voltage V VOC Vmpp
PMPP
Impp V’OC
P’MPP
V’mpp I’mpp
mp p
- c
V k V
MPPT – Perturb and Observe
PMPP
Power P Current I Voltage V
MPPT – Perturb and Observe - Drawback
PMPP
Power P Current I Voltage V
P’MPP
A B
PA > PB
MPPT – Incremental Conductance
VOC
ISC Power P
Vmpp Impp d P dV d P dV
Current I Voltage V
d P dV d P dV
I Conductance V
MPPT – Incremental Conductance
( ) d P d I V dV d V d P V d I I dV dV I I V V
At MPP
I I V V
To the left of MPP
I I V V
To the right of MPP
MPPT – Incremental Conductance
VOC
ISC Power P
Vmpp Impp
Current I Voltage V
I I V V I I V V I I V V
Incremental Conductance Algorithm
V(t), I(t), Vref(t) ΔI = It-It-1 ΔV = Vt-Vt-1
I V
I V
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Increase Vref
> <
Decrease Vref Maintain Vref
RETURN
=
MPPT – Incremental Conductance
VOC
ISC Power P
Vmpp Impp
Current I Voltage V
I I V V I I V V I I V V
MPPT – Hardware Implementation
BUCK BOOST DC-DC CONVERTER
MPPT – Products
Steca Solarix MPPT Charge Controller Steca Grid 500 MPPT Inverter