REVIEW AND OPERATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC WATER PUMPING SYSTEM
| Author(s) | : | Musaddiq Saiyed, Prof. Maulik V. Patel |
| Institution | : | PG Scholar, Electrical Department, LDRP-ITR, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 12 — December 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 1127-1137 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
This paper deals with the design and simulation of a simple but efficient photovoltaic water pumpingsystem. It provides theoretical studies of photovoltaic and modelling techniques using equivalent electric circuits. Thesystem employs the maximum power point tracker (MPPT). The investigation includes discussion of various MPPTalgorithms and control methods. MATLAB simulations perform comparative tests of two popular MPPT algorithms usingactual irradiance data. The thesis decides on the output sensing direct control method because it requires fewer sensors.This allows a lower cost system. Each subsystem is modelled in order to simulate the whole system in MATLAB. Itemploys SIMULINK to model a DC pump motor, and the model is transferred into MATLAB. Then, MATLAB simulationsverify the system and functionality of MPPT. Simulations also make comparisons with the system without MPPT in termsof total energy produced and total volume of water pumped per day. The results validate that MPPT can significantlyincrease the efficiency and the performance of PV water pumping system compared to the system without MPPT.
Musaddiq Saiyed, Prof. Maulik V. Patel, “REVIEW AND OPERATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC WATER PUMPING SYSTEM”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 12, pp. 1127-1137, December 2017.
