Model Predictive Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking of Quasi-Z-Source Inverter Based Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Power System Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 IEEE. Stochastic dynamic behavior of solar energy necessitates the use of robust controllers for photovoltaic (PV) power electronics interfaces. Such robust controller maximizes the energy harvest through continuous operation using a maximum power point tracker (MPPT). A model predictive control MPPT (MPC-MPPT) is proposed in this paper for a quasi-Z-source inverter (qZSI) based grid-connected PV power system. MPC is a robust suboptimal controller and is proposed in this paper as an elegant, embedded controller. Such controller has shown better dynamic performance than the conventional perturb and observe (P&O) technique, particularly under rapidly changing meteorological conditions. The qZSI is a single-stage topology that can guarantee MPPT and control the injected power to the grid simultaneously. The proposed method simulation results are presented in this paper.

name of conference

  • 2017 IEEE 26th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE)

published proceedings

  • 2017 IEEE 26TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS (ISIE)

author list (cited authors)

  • Metry, M., Liu, Y., Balog, R. S., & Abu-Rub, H.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Metry, Morcos||Liu, Yushan||Balog, Robert S||Abu-Rub, Haitham

publication date

  • June 2017