An Adaptive Resistance Perturbation Based MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Applications

Maheswaran Gunasekaran; Vijayakumar Krishnasamy; Sivakumar Selvam; Dhafer J. Almakhles; Norma Anglani

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3034283

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

An Adaptive Resistance Perturbation Based MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Applications

Maheswaran Gunasekaran,
Vijayakumar Krishnasamy,
Sivakumar Selvam,
Dhafer J. Almakhles,
Norma Anglani

Affiliations

Maheswaran Gunasekaran: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India
Vijayakumar Krishnasamy: ORCiD; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India
Sivakumar Selvam: ORCiD; Renewable Energy Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dhafer J. Almakhles: ORCiD; Renewable Energy Laboratory, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Norma Anglani: ORCiD; Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3034283
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 196890 – 196901

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This paper proposes a Resistance perturbation based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) with an adaptive control limit algorithm to extract the maximum power from solar photovoltaic (PV) array. This algorithm consists of two main functions, namely 1) resistance perturbation & observation (RP&O) and 2) adaptive resistance control (ARC) limit. The RP&O operates the PV array at maximum power point (MPP), and the ARC limit continuously monitors the resistance of the PV Rpv to determine the operating limit of MPP. The ultimate aim of proposing this algorithm is to reduce the oscillations and improve MPP's tracking performance for sudden variation in temperature and irradiance conditions. Furthermore, it does not require an expensive pyranometer or temperature sensor to track the MPP of the PV array. This paper also compares the proposed and conventional MPPT algorithm's performance. Its validation results in both MATLAB/Simulink and experimental studies are presented under constant and sudden changes in irradiance conditions.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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