Modeling and simulation of solar PV modules based inverter in MATLAB-SIMULINK for domestic cooking

Abstract

In recent days, the power extraction from renewable energy resources has become a major research area. To generate electricity from the solar energy, the Photovoltaic (PV) modules are connected either in series or parallel or series–parallel combination. The characteristics of PV modules with different environment factors are considered for simulating model in MATLAB software. In this paper, the PV modules with Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm for extracting maximum power is simulated using MATLAB Simulink software. The algorithm is used to extract maximum power from the solar energy with various dynamic conditions especially irradiance and temperature levels of the PV panels. For the changing values of temperature and irradiance the voltage, current and output power of various PV modules are determined. All the results from MATLAB Simulink are verified with the theoretical calculations. The proposed model helps in understanding and analysing the various PV modules and their characteristics with changing environment conditions. In this paper 500 W of Photo Voltaic modules with AC/DC loads for domestic cooking is designed. The simulation results are compared and analysed for different types of PV modules. The results obtained from the Simulink model blocks are very similar to the actual PV modules. The simulated results obtained from MATLAB/SIMULINK which are same as reference PV modules, compatible with different types of PV module and its analysis are user-friendly.