Improvement of EMC in MPPT Control of Photovoltaic System Using Auto-Tuning Adaptive Velocity Estimator

Tsuyoshi Ohba; Risa Matsuda; Haruo Suemitsu; Takami Matsuo

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JRM Vol.27 No.5 pp. 489-495

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2015.p0489

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Improvement of EMC in MPPT Control of Photovoltaic System Using Auto-Tuning Adaptive Velocity Estimator

Tsuyoshi Ohba, Risa Matsuda, Haruo Suemitsu, and Takami Matsuo

Department of Architecture and Mechatronics, Oita University
700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192, Japan

Received:

April 27, 2015

Accepted:

July 15, 2015

Published:

October 20, 2015

Keywords:

maximum power point tracking, incremental conductance method, differential filter, electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC)

Abstract

Proposed modified-IC method

Output by a photovoltaic array is nonlinear and changes with solar irradiation and cell temperature. Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is needed to maximize the energy produced. Most MPPT techniques include the time derivative of current and voltage. These electrical signals are disturbed by high-frequency noise such as from the power device switching. Lowpass filters are used to reduce circuit noise, but estimation error occurs when the maximum power point is calculated. We therefore apply an adaptive observer to estimate the time derivative of noisy signals. Specifically, we propose an auto-tuning velocity estimator with a forgetting factor based on the adaptive observer. We also improve the incremental conductance method by using an auto-tuning velocity estimator.

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T. Ohba, R. Matsuda, H. Suemitsu, and T. Matsuo, “Improvement of EMC in MPPT Control of Photovoltaic System Using Auto-Tuning Adaptive Velocity Estimator,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.27 No.5, pp. 489-495, 2015.

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[14] [14] Y. Kitsuka, T. Nimiya, H. Suemitsu, and T. Matsuo, “Non-Model-Based Velocity and Acceleration Estimators for a Suspension System with Parallel Connection of a Hydraulic Actuator,” Proc. of 2010 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, pp. 549-554, 2010.

[15] [15] Y. Kawakami, Y. Eguchi, T. Nimiya, H. Suemitsu, and T. Matsuo, “Velocity and Acceleration Estimation by Iterative Learning Observer and Performance Validation with MEMS-Based Inertial Sensors,” Int. J. of Advanced Mechatronic Systems, Vol.5, Issue 2, pp. 113-121, 2013.

[16] [16] M. Ezzeldin, P. P. J. van den Bosch, and R. Waarsing, “Improved Convergence of MRAC Design for Printing System,” Proc. of American Control Conf., pp. 3232-3237, 2009.

[17] [17] Y. Eguchi, T. Ohba, H. Suemitsu, and T. Matsuo, “Auto-Tuning Velocity Estimator by Using Adaptive Observer,” ICIC Express Letters, Vol.8, Issue 2, pp. 427-433, 2014.