Design and Development of a Proficient Converter for Solar Photovoltaic Based Sustainable Power Generating System

Muhannad Alaraj, Anirudh Dube, Ibrahim Alsaidan, Mohammad Rizwan and Majid Jamil
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Muhannad Alaraj: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia
Anirudh Dube: Department of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi 110025, India
Ibrahim Alsaidan: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Rizwan: Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Buraydah, Qassim 52571, Saudi Arabia
Majid Jamil: Department of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi 110025, India

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-24

Abstract: The demand for renewable energy resources is invigorated due to various issues primarily related to energy security, energy sustainability, and greenhouse gas emissions. The proper utilization of renewable energy resources has certain challenges due to the varying nature of meteorological parameters and atmospheric aerosols. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to extract the maximum power from the photovoltaic systems with the help of proficient converters. Here, a coupled inductor based highly efficient synchronous interleaved boost converter is designed and developed for the grid integrated photovoltaic system. The proposed converter contains an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) switch in place of the conventional diode to maintain zero leakage current, bared minimum switching losses, and improved conduction time thereby enhancing the overall efficiency and reliability of the system. In addition, the proposed system topology is simple to implement and is capable of controlling power at both the generation as well as the load sides. The results obtained are validated with the help of a laboratory prototype under practical scenarios like varying temperature and solar irradiance. Further, an intelligent technique based on modified particle swarm optimization is utilized to extract the maximum power from the photovoltaic system. Moreover, the power quality indices were monitored and analyzed at the point of common coupling and at the grid level which vets the effectiveness of the proposed topology.

Keywords: solar photovoltaic system; sustainable power generation; energy security; converter; renewable energy resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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