Review and Comparison Of DC-DC Converters For Maximum

Power Point Tracking System In Standalone Photovoltaic (PV)

Module

By
Pressa perdana, Denny Irawan,
Mohammad zuhri
 PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY

The solar cell or photovoltaic

cell, is a semiconductor device
consisting of a large-area p-n
junction diode, in which, in the
presence of sunlight capable of
creating useful electrical
energy. This alteration is called
the photovoltaic effect.
 PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY

The photovoltaic technology that converts sunlight directly

into electrical energy by using a semiconductor device called
solar cells is one of the option that can be considered
 SILICON TECHNOLOGY

In principle, the solar cell is identical to the

semiconductor diode device. Only now the structure
becomes a little more complicated because of its
more careful design to improve its efficiency.
Block diagram of Typical MPPT system
Photovoltaic cell equivalent circuit
Current versus voltage curves of PV affected
by temperature and solar irradiance
 the I-V graph above illustrates the state of a Solar Cell
operating normally. Solar cells will generate maximum energy if
Vm and Im are also maximum. Whereas Isc is the maximum
electric current at volt = zero; Isc is directly proportional to the
availability of sunlight. Voc is the maximum volt at zero current
value; Voc rises logarithmically with increasing sunlight, this
character that allows the Solar Cell to charge the batteries.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PV
Product code 150021209
Maximum power (Pmax) 150W
Short-circuit current (Isc) 9.17A
Open-circuit voltage (Voc) 21.6V
Current at Pmax (Imp) 8.34A
Voltage at Pmax (Vmp) 18V
Temperature coefficient
of Isc (0.064±0.014)%/ °C
Temperature coefficient
-(0.4±0.04)%/ °C
of power
Temperature coefficient
of Voc -(80±10)mV/°C
Maximum system voltage 1000V DC
Operating temperature -40°C to 86°C
NOCT (Air 20°C; Sun
48±2°C
0.8kW/m² wind 1m/s)
Power tolerance ± 5%
 MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING
The power generated by the solar panel
depends on the air temperature and the
strength of the light. At a temperature value
and the strength of light, the relationship
between power, voltage and electric current
generated by solar panels. Here the function
of the power conditioner is how to control the
maximum power produced. This is called
MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking).
• MPPT FACTOR
Maximum power point
operation of PV is very
dependent on::
1. ambient air temperature
2. solar radiation
3. wind speed blowing
4. the state of the earth's
atmosphere
5. the position of the solar cell
(array) to the sun (tilt angle)
Current versus voltage curves of PV affected
by temperature and solar irradiance
Flowchart of P&O algorithm
PSim Model of standalone PV System with
MPPT Technique
Maximum output power of standalone PV and
output power PV without MPPT Technique

Maximum PV
Output Power

PV Output Power
without MPPT
Output power of PV use buck and boost
converter
Output power of PV use buck boost and cuk
converter
Output power of PV use buck cuk and sepic
converter
CHARACTERISTICS OF PV OUTPUT POWER WITH
MPPT
Pmpp Buck-
Buck Boost Cuk Sepic
Boost
S= 1000W/m2 & Pmax=150W
Mean (W) 150 150 150 148.3 150
Difference
0 0 0 1.13 0
(%)
Ripple (%) 0 0 0 5.82 6.37
S= 500W/m2 & Pmax=83.4W
Mean (W) 79.4 79.3 82.4 78.2 81
Difference
4.79 4.91 1.19 6.23 2.88
(%)
Ripple (%) 0 11.12 0 10.14 10.8
S= 800W/m2 & Pmax=125.8W
Mean (W) 124.3 124 125.8 124.8 125.1
Difference
1.19 1.43 0 0.79 0.55
(%)
Ripple (%) 0 3.92 0 7.52 7.67
 CONCLUSIONS
• This paper presents a comparison of using some
DC-DC Converters to obtain maximum power of PV
module with P&O method. DC-DC Converter is the
main module to work in accordance with the
controller system signal so that MPP of PV module
can be achieved. One simple standalone PV module
that has practical standard value has been
simulated. Based on the simulation, Buck boost
converter was presented as an excellent DC-DC
converter regarding the best tracking module, good
transient performance, small even zero ripple
voltage in steady state, and simplicity of
implementation.
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