Dynamic Power Management System Employing a Single-Stage Power Converter for Standalone Solar PV Applications

This paper presents a dynamic power flow management system for a solar photovoltaic (PV) system employing a single-stage single-inductor-based dual-input/output dc–dc converter feeding standalone dc loads backed up by a rechargeable battery. A time-sharing voltage-mode control scheme has been proposed for power flow management between solar PV, a battery, and a standalone dc load, and it also maintains a constant dc load voltage and performs maximum power point tracking operation of solar PV. The implementation of the control scheme has been described in detail. The steady-state performance of the single-stage converter has been explained with the relevant analytical expressions derived along with the characteristics. A state-space average model was developed for simulating the transient behavior and validating the working of the system for step changes in the input solar PV power and the dc loads. A hardware prototype of the proposed system has been fabricated, and the proposed controller has been implemented using the dSPACE DS1103 real-time interface board. The working of the proposed scheme for different levels of input solar insolation and dc load power demand has been satisfactorily demonstrated, and the corresponding results are also provided.

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