A Sustainable Distributed Building Integrated Photo-Voltaic System Architecture with a Single Radial Movement Optimization Based MPPT Controller

Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Gokul Sidarth Thirunavukkarasu, Elmira Jamei, Tey Kok Soon, Ben Horan, Saad Mekhilef and Alex Stojcevski
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Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Gokul Sidarth Thirunavukkarasu: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Elmira Jamei: College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia
Tey Kok Soon: Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Ben Horan: School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
Saad Mekhilef: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Alex Stojcevski: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-21

Abstract: The solar photo-voltaic systems control architecture has a substantial influence over the cost, efficiency, and accuracy of maximum power point tracking under partial shading conditions. In this paper, a novel distributed architecture of a building integrated photo-voltaic system equipped with a single maximum power point tracking controller is presented in order to address the drawbacks associated with respect to cost, complexity and efficiency of the existing photo-voltaic system architectures. In addition, a radial movement optimization based maximum power point tracking control algorithm is designed, developed, and validated using the proposed system architecture under five different partial shading conditions. The inferences obtained from the validation results of the proposed distributed system architecture indicated that cost was reduced by 75% when compared to the commonly used decentralised systems. The proposed distributed building integrated photo-voltaic system architecture is also more efficient, robust, reliable, and accurate.

Keywords: maximum power point tracking; DC-DC converters; partial shading condition; photo-voltaic system architecture; radial movement optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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