A current sensorless control of buck-boost converter for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic applications

Obeidi, Nabil and Kermadi, Mostefa and Belmadani, Bachir and Allag, Abdelkarim and Achour, Lazhar and Mekhilef, Saad (2022) A current sensorless control of buck-boost converter for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic applications. Energies, 15 (20). ISSN 1996-1073, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207811.

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Abstract

In the present paper, a current sensorless (CSL) method for buck-boost converter control is proposed for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) photovoltaic applications. The proposed control scheme uses the mathematical model of the buck-boost converter to derive a predefined objective function for the MPPT control. The proposed scheme does not require any current sensor and relies only on the input voltage signal, which decreases the implementation cost. The proposed method is successfully implemented using a Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow environment, and its effectiveness is compared over the perturb and observe (P&O) method. An experimental rig, that includes a buck-boost converter, a PV simulator, and a resistive load, is used for the experimental validation. A rapid Arduino prototyping platform is used for the digital implementation, where the SAM3X8E microcontroller of the Arduino DUE board, which integrates an ARM Cortex-M3 MCU, is used as a target hardware for the proposed model-based controller developed under the Stateflow environment. Furthermore, the integrated pulse width modulation (PWM) macrocell is used to generate accurate PWM gate-drive signals for the buck-boost converter. Compared to the P&O, the presented simulation and experimental results show that the proposed method has reduced the computation burden and the sensor cost of implementation by 24.3%, and 27.95%, respectively.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Universiti Tenaga Nasional [IC6-BOLDREFRESH2025]
Uncontrolled Keywords: Buck-boost converter; Current sensorless (CSL) control; Digital control; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Photovoltaic (PV) system
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2023 04:43
Last Modified: 26 Sep 2023 04:43
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/40858

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