This paper deals with the design and analysis of standalone solar PV based boost converter with P& O (Perturb and Observe) MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) Techniques. An intermediate converter can therefore increase efficiency by matching the PV system to the load and by operating the solar cell arrays at their maximum power point. MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) controller is used for ...

This paper deals with the study of different type of MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) algorithms in a solar photovoltaic system (SPV) in order to extract maximum power from the solar modules. Here the solar array is integrated with the grid to provide power, as the traditional sources of power generation is depleting at a faster rate and also to provide power during peak hours in urban areas...

Maximization of power from a solar photovoltaic (PV) module is of special interest as the efficiency of the solar PV system is very low. A maximum power point tracker (MPPT) is needed to operate the PV array at its maximum power point. The present work describes the design and implementation of a MPPT for the solar PV array connected to a resistive load. The design consists of a dc-dc boost con...

Hybrid AC/DC microgrids facilitate the procedure of DC power connection into the conventional AC power system by developing the distributed generations (DGs) technologies. The conversion processes between AC and DC electrical powers are more convenient by hybrid systems. In this paper, an energy management system (EMS) for a hybrid microgrid network is proposed due to the optimal utilization of...

This paper presents a novel fuzzy control scheme applied to shunt active power filters for harmonic and reactive power compensation. A TSK type fuzzy logic controller is proposed for APF reference current generation. To control the maximum switching frequency of the converter within limit a novel fuzzy hysteresis band current controller is used. The band height, based on fuzzy control principle...

This paper represents the simulation of Shunt Active Power Filter(SAPF) based on p-q theory and using hysteresis current control to obtain the gating signals for three phase ac-dc converter. The proposed active power filter is employed to reduce the current Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) drawn by the non-linear load and compensate the reactive power. The PI controller is employed to reduce the...

Photo voltaic based distributed generation system has seen a wide spread interest in research community because of growing energy needs. For efficient distributed generation system, a PV cell is connected with a DC-DC converter and DC-AC inverter. Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm is used to extract maximum power from the PV cell. There are different MPPT algorithms such as perturb ...

In this paper, a robust Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for PV array has been proposed using sliding mode control by defining a new formulation for sliding surface which is based on increment conductance (INC) method. The stability and robustness of the proposed controller are investigated to load variations and environment changes. Three different types of DC-DC converter are used in Maxim...