WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Print ISSN: 1790-0832, E-ISSN: 2224-3402
Volume 16, 2019
Data Acquisition System for Photovoltaic Maximum Power Point Tracking
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Abstract: The global solar radiation and temperature are two parameters needed in many studies such as meteorology and the design of photovoltaic (PV) systems which are, by nature, non-linear power sources that need an accurate on-line identification of the optimal operating point for the real time maximum power tracking control. The maximum power, drawn from PV modules, mainly depends on the solar global radiation and temperature. The solar global radiation and temperature are usually measured by using a pyranometer and a thermometer respectively. Hence, a low-cost battery powered microcontroller based data acquisition system (DAS) has been developed and applied to monitor solar global radiation on tilted surface in PV system. An application of a neural network to prediction of the maximum power drawn from a PV module is also presented in this manuscript. Simulation and experimental results are given to enforce the presented theory.
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Pages: 129-139
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-0832 / 2224-3402, Volume 16, 2019, Art. #15