DESIGN OF A SOLAR MPPT CHARGE CONTROLLER USING ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER
| Author(s) | : | Spandan Chatterjee, Monika Bishi |
| Institution | : | Department of Electrical Engineering, Sandip Institue of Technology & Research Centre |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 4 — April 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 1002-1009 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Solar energy has become a very popular source of energy in recent days because of its eco-friendly behaviorand never-ending amount in the nature. However, in practical case, the I-V and P-V characteristics of a solar panelcontain a huge amount of ripples which actually affect the performance of the system. Therefore, to utilize solar energyefficiently, at a particular irradiance and temperature, Maximum Power Point (MPP) has to be determined and thismaximum power must be extracted. In Proteus 8.3 Professional software, a simulation model of a MPPT based solarcharge controller is designed using Arduino UNO, a multi-tasking programming platform based on AVRmicrocontroller. At different irradiance, MPP changes, and the maximum power point voltage (Vmp) also changes. Theproposed model successfully tracks the Vmp at different irradiance. As finally charge controller circuit charges a dcbattery, hence, after extracting maximum power from the solar panel, buck converter feeds it to a buck-boost converter toregulate the voltage.
Spandan Chatterjee, Monika Bishi, “DESIGN OF A SOLAR MPPT CHARGE CONTROLLER USING ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 1002-1009, April 2018.
