Trusted Simulation Using Proteus Model for a PV System: Test Case of an Improved HC MPPT Algorithm

Abdelilah Chalh, Aboubakr El Hammoumi, Saad Motahhir, Abdelaziz El Ghzizal, Umashankar Subramaniam and Aziz Derouich
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Abdelilah Chalh: Innovative Technologies Laboratory, EST, SMBA University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Aboubakr El Hammoumi: Innovative Technologies Laboratory, EST, SMBA University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Saad Motahhir: Engineering, Systems and Applications Laboratory, ENSA, SMBA University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Abdelaziz El Ghzizal: Innovative Technologies Laboratory, EST, SMBA University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Umashankar Subramaniam: Renewable Energy Lab, College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 12435, Saudi Arabia
Aziz Derouich: Innovative Technologies Laboratory, EST, SMBA University, Fez 30000, Morocco

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: The real implementation of the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controllers for the photovoltaic (PV) systems is still a big challenge for researchers working in this field. Often, they use simulation tools to assess the performance of their MPPT algorithms before actual implementation. In this context, this paper aims to propose a trusted simulation of a PV system designed under Proteus software. The proposed PV simulator can be used to verify and evaluate the performance of MPPT algorithms with a closer approximation to the real implementation. The main advantage of this model that it contains a real microcontroller, as can be found in reality, so that same code for the MPPT algorithm used in the simulation will be used in real implementation. In contrast, when using (Powersim Software) PSIM or Matlab/Simulink, the code of the algorithm must be rewritten once the real experiment begins, because these tools don’t provide a microcontroller or an electronic board in which our algorithm can be implemented and tested in the same way as the real experiment. After this section, a modified Hill-Climbing (HC) algorithm is introduced. The proposed algorithm can avoid the drift problem posed by conventional HC under a fast variation in insolation. The simulation results show that this method presents good performance in terms of efficiency (99.21%) and response time (10 ms), which improved by 1.2% and 70 ms respectively compared to the conventional HC algorithm.

Keywords: Proteus; MPPT algorithm; PV Simulator; Drift problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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