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A Linear Quadratic Integral Controller for PV-Module Voltage Regulation for the Purpose of Enhancing the Classical Incremental Conductance Algorithm

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  • Noureddine Bouarroudj

    (Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Energies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, CDER, Ghardaïa 47133, Algeria)

  • Yehya Houam

    (Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Energies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, CDER, Ghardaïa 47133, Algeria)

  • Abdelhamid Djari

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Echahid Cheikh Larbi Tebessi, University-Tebessa, Tebessa 12022, Algeria)

  • Vicente Feliu-Batlle

    (School of Industrial Engineering and Instituto de Investigaciones Energ’eticas y Aplicaciones Industriales, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Camilo Jose Cela, S/N, C.P. 13001 Ciudad Real, Spain)

  • Abdelkader Lakhdari

    (Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Energies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, CDER, Ghardaïa 47133, Algeria)

  • Boualam Benlahbib

    (Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Energies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables, CDER, Ghardaïa 47133, Algeria)

Abstract

As a result of the exhaustion of fossil energy sources and the corresponding increase of their negative environmental impact, recent research has intensively focused on regions of alternative energy resources and, especially, on solar energy. Slow tracking of the maximum power point (MPP) and fluctuations around the MPP reduce the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation systems (PV). This study offers a novel design for the MPPT controller, which we refer to as the “hybrid IC-LQI approach”, which combines the incremental conductance (IC) technique and the linear quadratic integral (LQI) controller based on the boost converter’s small signal model. We conduct a comparative study of the proposed hybrid IC-LQI, and the classical one-stage IC technique in order to show the effectiveness of our proposal under three different scenarios of weather conditions and load. According to simulation findings, the proposed hybrid IC-LQI approach has a high tracking efficiency of up to 98.92%, owing to faster tracking of MPP with very large reduction of oscillations. On the other hand, the IC technique provides less efficiency, up to 96.1%, showing very slow tracking and high oscillations. The presented analysis of the results confirms the superior performance of the developed hybrid IC-LQI technique to the classical IC technique.

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  • Noureddine Bouarroudj & Yehya Houam & Abdelhamid Djari & Vicente Feliu-Batlle & Abdelkader Lakhdari & Boualam Benlahbib, 2023. "A Linear Quadratic Integral Controller for PV-Module Voltage Regulation for the Purpose of Enhancing the Classical Incremental Conductance Algorithm," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:11:p:4532-:d:1164443
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