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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF 1.8 KW GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM USING MATLAB
MOHAMMAD ISLAMMUDDIN1, NURHAZWANI ANANG2, WAN MARIAM WAN MUDA3.
A maximum power point tracking (MPPT) DC/DC converter for a photovoltaic (PV) system is an important component in a PV system. The converter is used to convert the value of DC voltage produced by PV panels to a value accepted by the inverter for on-grid, or battery for off-grid system. In addition, the MPPT is used to extract and maintain the solar PV to its maximum power in all conditions. However, the values of components used in literature of MPPT DC/DC converter for a specific PV module cannot be applied for different capacity. Although sets of equations are given in literature to determine the values of inductor and capacitor used in the circuit, the calculated values do not produce the desired output in most cases because of unclear explanation. The validation of input parameters of the converter is also not properly presented for different solar irradiance and temperature. The efficiency of the converter is still low. Hence, this paper presents step-by-step process on how to design a MPPT DC/DC boost converter in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The incremental conductance method is used as MPPT algorithm to control the duty cycle of the converter. Then, a thorough analysis is done by simulating the developed model under different solar irradiance and temperature. Simulation results are then compared with the theoretical values from I-V and P-V curves of the selected PV modules. The results show that the proposed MPPT DC/DC converter is able to extract maximum power from PV modules and the output power produced by the converter also indicates that the converter has a high efficiency at 99.7% in all selected values of solar irradiance and temperature.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
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