In this paper the design of sliding mode controllers for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of a photovoltaic inverter in microgrids is presented. A master-slave configuration of the microgrid is considered in islanded operation mode where the photovoltaic Distributed Generation unit (DGu) serves as a slave. The DGu is also affected by nonlinearities, parameters and modelling uncertainties, which make the use of the sliding mode control methodology particularly appropriate. Specifically, a sliding mode controller, relying on the so-called unit vector approach, is first proposed to control the photovoltaic inverter. Then, a Second Order Sliding Mode (SOSM) controller, adopting a Suboptimal SOSM algorithm, is proposed to alleviate the chattering phenomenon and feed a continuos modulating signal into the photovoltaic inverter. Simulation tests, carried out on a realistic scenario, confirm satisfactory closed-loop performance of the proposed control scheme.
Sliding mode control for maximum power point tracking of photovoltaic inverters in microgrids
Incremona, Gian Paolo;
2016-01-01
Abstract
In this paper the design of sliding mode controllers for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of a photovoltaic inverter in microgrids is presented. A master-slave configuration of the microgrid is considered in islanded operation mode where the photovoltaic Distributed Generation unit (DGu) serves as a slave. The DGu is also affected by nonlinearities, parameters and modelling uncertainties, which make the use of the sliding mode control methodology particularly appropriate. Specifically, a sliding mode controller, relying on the so-called unit vector approach, is first proposed to control the photovoltaic inverter. Then, a Second Order Sliding Mode (SOSM) controller, adopting a Suboptimal SOSM algorithm, is proposed to alleviate the chattering phenomenon and feed a continuos modulating signal into the photovoltaic inverter. Simulation tests, carried out on a realistic scenario, confirm satisfactory closed-loop performance of the proposed control scheme.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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