Title
A combined controller for a PV simulator
Abstract
This paper presents a scheme combining two controllers for a buck-based PV simulator. These two controllers are referred as current mode controller and voltage mode controller. The idea of using two controllers is based on the observation that one controller shows a good performance only in a segment of the iv-characteristic curve where the other controller cannot perform well, and thus, both controllers can be activated in a complementary way. A definition of a new variable is introduced, which provides information on the location of the operation point. This information is used by the proposed strategy to enable the most appropriate control mode. Although each controller is designed following different approaches, both are based on a model representation of the system. Numerical results are presented considering a resistor as the load, which is varied in such a way that the iv-characteristic is swept up and down.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2014.6808569
Electronics, Communications and Computers
Keywords
Field
DocType
controllers,electric current control,photovoltaic power systems,power generation control,voltage control,buck-based PV simulator,current mode controller,model representation,operation point,photovoltaic module,voltage mode controller
Control theory,Computer science,Voltage controller,Electronic engineering,Control engineering,Resistor,Current mode,Open-loop controller,Operation point,Control theory,Model representation,Simulation,Voltage
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2474-9036
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6