A New Analytical MPPT-Based Induction Motor Drive for Solar PV Water Pumping System with Battery Backup

Saurabh Shukla, Bhim Singh, Priyabrata Shaw, Ahmed Al-Durra, Tarek H.M. El-Fouly, Ehab Fahamy El-Saadany

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Abstract

In this article, an analytical method is presented to achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for a solar photovoltaic (PV) array-based water pumping system comprising of an induction motor drive (IMD). The gating signals are generated using the space vector pulsewidth modulation (SVPWM) method for three-phase inverter. This analytical MPPT control (AMPPTC) scheme exhibits fast dynamic performance and minimum overshoot with the IMD-based water pumping system. Additionally, the AMPPTC scheme provides absolute steady-state robustness under variations in solar irradiance/parameters that improves the stability of the system under a wide speed range of IMD and makes the system insensitive toward parameter variations. The dc-link voltage regulation is assured by three-phase inverter, and MPPT regulation is achieved by the boost converter. This two-stage PV system, with MPPT controlled boost converter and SVPWM-based three-phase inverter operating the pump, is modeled and simulated in Simulink environment of MATLAB. The performance and robustness of the AMPPTC-based PV water pumping system are corroborated through the laboratory experimentation.

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)5768-5781
Number of pages14
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume69
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Analytical MPPT control (AMPPTC)
  • Induction motor drive (IMD)
  • Space vector pulsewidth modulation (SVPWM)
  • Water pumping

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