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A Novel Fast MPPT Strategy for High Efficiency PV Battery Chargers

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  • Jose Miguel Espi

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Valencia, Avd. Universitat S/N, 46100 Burjassot-Valencia, Spain)

  • Jaime Castello

    (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Valencia, Avd. Universitat S/N, 46100 Burjassot-Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

The paper presents a new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method for photovoltaic (PV) battery chargers. It consists of adding a low frequency modulation to the duty-cycle and then multiplying the ac components of the panel voltage and power. The obtained parameter, proportional to the conductance error, is used as a gain for the integral action in the charging current control. The resulting maximum power point (MPP) is very still, since the integral gain tends to zero at the MPP, yielding PV efficiencies above 99%. Nevertheless, when the operating point is not the MPP, the integral gain is large enough to provide a fast convergence to the MPP. Furthermore, a fast power regulation on the right side of the MPP is achieved in case the demanded power is lower than the available maximum PV power. In addition, the MPPT is compatible with the control of a parallel arrangement of converters by means of a droop law. The MPPT algorithm gives an averaged duty-cycle, and the droop compensation allows duty-cycles to be distributed to all active converters to control their currents individually. Moreover, the droop strategy allows activation and deactivation of converters without affecting the MPP and battery charging operation. The proposed control has been assayed in a battery charger formed by three step-down converters in parallel using synchronous rectification, and is solved in a microcontroller at a sampling frequency of 4 kHz. Experimental results show that, in the worst case, the MPPT converges in 50 ms against irradiance changes and in 100 ms in case of power reference changes.

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  • Jose Miguel Espi & Jaime Castello, 2019. "A Novel Fast MPPT Strategy for High Efficiency PV Battery Chargers," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:6:p:1152-:d:216925
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