A dsPIC Microcontroller Based System Identification of Positive Output Buck Boost Converter for Module Mismatch Application

Abstract:

An identification system of multiple-input single-output (MISO) model is developed in controlling dsPIC microcontroller of positive output buck-boost (POBB) converters for module mismatch condition of photovoltaic (PV) system. In particular, the possibility of the scheme is to resolve the mismatch losses from the PV module either during shading or mismatch module occurrences. The MPPT algorithm is simplified by identification approach of indirect incorporated with a simple incremental direct method to form a combined direct and indirect (CoDId) algorithms. Irregular consumption of solar irradiation on a PV module shall step-up or step down the voltage regarding to the desired DC output voltage of POBB converter. This optimized algorithm will ensure that the PV module to kept at maximum power point (MPP), preventing power loss during module mismatch incident in PV module especially during partial shading condition. The simulation and laboratory results for PV module of polycrystalline Mitsubishi PV-AE125MF5N indicate that the proposed model and development of PV system architecture performs well, while the efficiency up to 97.7% at critical of low solar irradiance level. The controlling signal is based on low-cost embedded microcontroller of dsPIC30F Digital Signal Control (DSC).

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 785)
• Pages: 106-110
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.785.106
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: M.N.M. Hussain, Ahmad Maliki Omar, Intan Rahayu Ibrahim, Kamarulazhar Daud
• Keywords: Digital Signal Control (DSC), Module Mismatch, MPPT, Photovoltaic (PV), Positive Output Buck-Boost (POBB) Converter

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