NDLI: LabVIEW based emulation of Photovoltaic array to study maximum power point tracking algorithms

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Bhise, K. Pragallapati, N. Thale, S. Agarwal, V.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India (Bhise, K.; Pragallapati, N.; Thale, S.; Agarwal, V.)
Abstract	Testing, tuning and validation of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and distributed MPPT (DMPPT) algorithms for Photovoltaic (PV) sources require controllable PV sources in a laboratory environment. Creating PV sources with characteristics corresponding to desired environmental conditions is a challenging task. This paper presents a scheme to generate PV characteristics for any desired environmental conditions with the help of programmable power supplies using National Instrument's LabVIEW platform. The proposed system can emulate photovoltaic modules (connected in series or parallel) under different illumination levels, temperature and with different shading patterns. The emulated sources can be interfaced with power converters and enable the testing of MPPT and distributed MPPT algorithms under any desired conditions of solar radiation, temperature and other environmental factors (or their combination). Such a system can alleviate the constraints in PV research like; initial capital cost and area requirement. The proposed system provides an economical and effective method for testing and tuning the performance of MPPT/DMPPT algorithms for PV systems in a laboratory environment. All the details of this work are presented.
Starting Page	002961
Ending Page	002966
File Size	2131072
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467300643
ISSN	01608371
e-ISBN	9781467300667
DOI	10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318206
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-06-03
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Arrays Emulation Current measurement Couplings Probes programmable power supply emulator distributed maximum power point tracking
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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