Design of Three Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverter with Fuzzy Logic based MPPT for PV Applications
Design of Three Level NPC Inverter with FL-MPPT for PV Applications
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53560/PPASA(59-3)775Keywords:
Photovoltaic (PV), Fuzzy logic control (FLC), Maximum power point tracking (MPPT), Multilevel Inverters, Neutral point clamped inverter, Perturb & Observe (P&O), Renewable energy (RE), PV CellAbstract
In this paper a solar photovoltaic (PV) system with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for domestic low power applications. The proposed system contains a PV array which provides electrical power, while a DC/DC converter is incorporated to regulate the power derived from PV panels. Fuzzy logic control (FLC) based MPPT has been proposed. To convert the DC voltages and currents obtained from Solar panels to AC voltages and currents, a Neutral point clamped multilevel inverter is included. Furthermore, harmonics are removed by using the LCL filter. The PV system working, design of the DC/DC Boost converter, Novel MPPT techniques, Multilevel inverter topologies and LCL filter design are explained. Results reveal that the FLC based MPPT has much lesser total harmonic distortion (THD) in the PV system. With this property, FLC possesses faster convergence than the perturb & observe (P&O) and other MPPT techniques.
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