IRJET- Design Simulation and Control of Utility Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Array

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 06 Issue: 04 | Apr 2019 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072
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DESIGN SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF UTILITY GRID CONNECTED
SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY
PAYAL GANVIR1, RADHARAMAN SHAHA2
1(PG Student, Dept of Electrical Engineering)
2(Asst. Professor Dept of Electrical Engineering)
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ABSTRACT :- The consumption of electricity generation by
photovoltaic system has increase in daily purpose. The
generation of photovoltaic system plant focus on the
maximum profit of collect solar energy. In this paper we
are control the renewable energy based solar photovoltaic
system using MATLAB. The grid connected MATLAB model
is studied under solar radiation and changing weather
condition. In this we generate excess amount of electricity
and send to the utility grid. Here we used MPPT technique
which is implemented in DC-DC step up converter to
permit P-V module to give power at maximum power
point. The output of this converter is given to the 3-level
inverter and it synchronized the utility grid.
KEYWORDS :- Solar Energy; Solar Photovoltaic Array
System; Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique;
Voltage Source Converter; DC-DC boost converter ;Grid
1) INTRODUCTION
Tracking is the maximum power point of a photo-voltaic
array is usually an essential part of the PV system[7]. Due
to the growing demand on electricity the limited stock and
rising prices of conventional sources (such as coal and
petroleum etc) photovoltaic (PV) energy becomes a
alternative it is omnipresent freely available environment
friendly, less operational and maintenance cost. Thus the
demand of PV generation system has to be increased for
standalone and grid connected modes of PV system.
Therefore an efficient maximum power point tracking
technique is expected to track the MPP at all
environmental condition and then force the PV system to
operate at the MPP point. MPPT is an essential component
of a PV system. Solar photovoltaic system are one of the
fastest growing renewable energy generation system. The
energy generated from PV system is depend on
environmental factors such as solar irradiation, cloud
coverage, wavelength, reflection and ambient temperature.
These factors can negatively affect the PV cell conversion
efficiency[3]. PV energy system has some advantage such
as pollution free, abundant availability, less maintenance.
In solar photovoltaic system the optimum efficiency
(which is 7-16%) second inverter efficiency (90-97%) and
the efficiency of MPPT algorithm (over 98%). In
photovoltaic system integrated to grid, the grid inverter is
three inverter in this paper it is an important component
which invert dc power which is obtain from P-V system
array alternating power to synchronized voltage and
frequency of connected utility grid. In this paper the major
component are photovoltaic plant, consist of P-V array,
MPPT unit, three level inverter, step-up converter and
utility grid.
The function of PV array is to convert the solar irradiation
which is comes from solar energy into dc power. The
MPPT algorithm is also connected to the PV array which
allow PV array P-V array to produce maximum power. The
unidirectional power is obtained and then changed into ac
power with the help of three level inverter and then this
ac power is filter through LC filter and fed to utility grid .A
boost converter is also to provide link between MPPT and
inverter for boost purpose. In order to match inverter
output current with the grid voltage and reduce the total
harmonic distortion. The voltage source converter is used
in this paper.
2) PROBLEM REVIEW
Figure 1 shows the characteristic power curve for a PV
array. The problem considered by MPPT techniques is to
automatically find the voltage Vmpp or current Impp at
which a PV array should operate to obtain the maximum
power output Pmpp under a given temperature and
irradiance.

Figure1. Characteristic PV array power curve.
3) MPPT TECHNIQUE
The following techniques are some of the widely used
MPPT techniques applied on various PV application such
as space satellite, solar vehicles, and solar water pumping,
etc.
A)LOOK-UP TABLE TECHNIQUE
In this technique, MPP of a PV system is calculated before
hand for each probable environmental condition and
stored in the memory device of MPPT’s control system.
During the operation, the corresponding MPP for a
particular condition is selected from that memory and
implemented.
B) FRACTIONAL OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE TECHNIQUE
In this technique, Vmpp can be calculated from the
following relationship as follows.
Vmpp= Koc Voc
It is found that the value of Koc varies between0.78and
0.92. Koc can be calculated by analyzing the PV system ay
wide range of solar radiation and temperature. In this
method, the PV system is open circuited at load end for a
fraction of second and Voc is measured, then Vmpp is
calculated. Repeating this process Voc is sampled
repeatedly in every few seconds and value of Vmpp is
updated.
A) FEEDBACK VOLTAGE OR CURRENT TECHNIQUE
This technique is used in the system which has no battery.
Without a battery, a simple controller is needed to fix the
bus voltage at a constant level. In this method, the
feedback of panel voltage is taken and compared with a
pre-calculated reference voltage the duty ratio of dc/dc
converter is continuously adjusted so that it operates
close to that of MPP.
B) LOAD CURRENT/LOAD VOLTAGE
MAXIMIZATION TECHNIQUE
If directly connected to the load, operation of the PV array
at the MPP cannot be ensured even for constant loads.
Thus operation at the MPP cannot be achieved using a
tunable matching network that interfaces the load to the
PV array. The main components of the MPPT circuit are its
power stage and the controller. As the power stage is
realized by means of a switched mode power converter,
the control input is the duty cycle.
4) MODEL OF P-V CELL
A simple ideal equivalent circuit model for cell obtain by
the parallel combination of an ideal current source and
real diode is shown in below
Figure 2:Fundamental circuit representation of solar cell
Where:
I: Current of solar cell (A)
Isc: Short circuit current (with assuming no series/ shunt
resistance)
ID : Saturation current of diode (A) q : Electron charge
(1.6*10-19C) k : Boltzmann constant (1.38064*10-
23J/Kelvin)
T : Temperature in Kelvin (K)
V : Output voltage of solar cell (V)
Rs : Series resistance of solar cell(Ω)
Rsh : Shunt resistance of solar cell (Ω)

5) BOOST/STEP-UP CONVERTER (DC TO DC)
Drawback of step-down/buck dc-dc converter is that when
converter switch is on it transfer power from input to
output but when converter switch is off zero output value
across p-v module is obtain which gives the point of
operation stay near the open circuit voltage which provide
losses. Boost converter gives a dc output voltage which is
more than the applied dc input voltage, filter which
consisting of inductor and capacitor, is utilized to decrease
ripple in dc output voltage and dc output current
respectively and is connected at output terminal of the
converter. The operating principle step-up/boost
converter consist two different states of operation. When
switch is on that is switch is close, result an increase in
current. When switch is off that is open, result in reducing
in inductor current.
6) CONTROLLER
It is consisting of two controller which is power controller
and current controller. Power controller senses the grid
voltage and current and provides the corresponding grid
active and reactive power as per requirement of the
circuit. Power controller also sense three level inverter
output voltages and current and provide the active and
reactive power respectively. The main purpose of current
controller is to provide triggering pulse according to
reference values.
7) PV CHARACTERISTIC
PV1 is a subsystem when double click on it subsystem
mask will open. In this we can change the value of short
circuit current, open circuit voltage current at Pmax
voltage at Pmax. In the first PV module (1) block actual P-
V, I-V characteristic system is constructed. This output Vpv
and Ppv is given at output.
FIGURE 3 :- PV CHARACTERISTIC
To view circuit inside in this block right click on the block
select mask and look under mask. Now circuit inside the
block will be displayed.
When double click on the PV module(1) block inside the
circuit will display.
Where,
Inputs: PV current and insolation
Outputs: PV voltage and PV power

8) PV Array
Implement PV array modules
The PV Array block is a five parameter model using a
current source IL (light-generated current), diode (I0 and
nI parameters), series resistance Rs, and shunt resistance
Rsh to represent the irradiance- and temperature-
dependent I-V characteristics of the modules.
Here we take Insolation = 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000 W/m2.
Insolation 1000 W/m2
Temperature =25 deg
9) CONCLUSION
The PV module characteristic of a P-V system is shown in
the above section. The P-V, I-V characteristic is shown
above. The model explains solar P-V cell is the effect of
physical environmental condition based on solar radiation
and cell temperature. The voltage source controller is used
to synchronize P-V cell plant, step-up converter and
inverter with utility grid. The model is used a tool to
forecast the nature of grid connected P-V plant under solar
radiation and temperature change.
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