Robust Direct Adaptive Controller Design for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Application
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Sustainable Energy Systems Engineering Program, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
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Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
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Energies 2019, 12(16), 3182; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12163182
Received: 12 July 2019 / Revised: 29 July 2019 / Accepted: 8 August 2019 / Published: 20 August 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Tracking the maximum output power of a photovoltaic (PV) cell is an important problem to harvest more energy at different weather and load conditions. This paper presents the design and simulation of a robust direct adaptive controller (RDAC) for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) device based on boost converter topology. A mathematical model is developed, and a suitable RDAC is designed for MPPT device, and simulations are performed using MATLAB/Simulink to verify the controller’s robustness at varying operating conditions. The real-time irradiance and temperature data are used on an hourly basis to test the suggested MPPT adaptive controller for a typical sunny day in summer and winter. The simulation results show that the RDAC performs excellent tracking under varying conditions such as irradiance, temperature, load, boost converter inductance, and capacitance.
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Keywords:
photovoltaic; MPPT; boost converter; adaptive control; compensator design; simulink
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Bani Salim, M.; Hayajneh, H.S.; Mohammed, A.; Ozcelik, S. Robust Direct Adaptive Controller Design for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Application. Energies 2019, 12, 3182. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12163182
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Bani Salim M, Hayajneh HS, Mohammed A, Ozcelik S. Robust Direct Adaptive Controller Design for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Application. Energies. 2019; 12(16):3182. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12163182
Chicago/Turabian StyleBani Salim, M.; Hayajneh, H. S.; Mohammed, A.; Ozcelik, S. 2019. "Robust Direct Adaptive Controller Design for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking Application" Energies 12, no. 16: 3182. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12163182
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