Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System
This study used a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) with a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA to implement Reflex charge control in a dual-axis solar tracking system with maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The chaos embedded particle swarm optimization method was used to search for the optimum gain constant...
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| description | This study used a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) with a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA to implement Reflex charge control in a dual-axis solar tracking system with maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The chaos embedded particle swarm optimization method was used to search for the optimum gain constants of the PI controller and the Reflex charging frequency. This scheme not only increases the output power of solar panels but also has a significant effect on switching loss and oscillation of solar charging. The experiment results showed that the proposed method can also significantly improve temperature rise, and that charging efficiency is also better than it is in a traditional charge mode. The results also showed that charging power was enough for solar tracking and the requirements of the charging system. The most significant contribution of this paper is that the scheme can be applied to any active solar tracking and charging system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76d3797d86f248a080624d23504619c92022-12-22T01:38:07ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172016-02-01624110.3390/app6020041app6020041Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply SystemJui-Ho Chen0Her-Terng Yau1Jin-Han Lu2Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 41170, TaiwanThis study used a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) with a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA to implement Reflex charge control in a dual-axis solar tracking system with maximum power point tracking (MPPT). The chaos embedded particle swarm optimization method was used to search for the optimum gain constants of the PI controller and the Reflex charging frequency. This scheme not only increases the output power of solar panels but also has a significant effect on switching loss and oscillation of solar charging. The experiment results showed that the proposed method can also significantly improve temperature rise, and that charging efficiency is also better than it is in a traditional charge mode. The results also showed that charging power was enough for solar tracking and the requirements of the charging system. The most significant contribution of this paper is that the scheme can be applied to any active solar tracking and charging system.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/6/2/41field-programmable gate array (FPGA)solar trackingchaos embedded particle swarm optimizationmaximum power point trackingReflex charging frequency |
| spellingShingle | Jui-Ho Chen Her-Terng Yau Jin-Han Lu Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System Applied Sciences field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solar tracking chaos embedded particle swarm optimization maximum power point tracking Reflex charging frequency |
| title | Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System |
| title_full | Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System |
| title_fullStr | Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System |
| title_short | Implementation of FPGA-Based Charge Control for a Self-Sufficient Solar Tracking Power Supply System |
| title_sort | implementation of fpga based charge control for a self sufficient solar tracking power supply system |
| topic | field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solar tracking chaos embedded particle swarm optimization maximum power point tracking Reflex charging frequency |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/6/2/41 |
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