US-Lebanon Cooperative Research: Innovative Maximum Power Tracking Controller Design for Solar Applications

0243025 Batarseh描述：该项目支持佛罗里达奥兰多中央佛罗里达大学电气工程和计算机科学学院Issa Batarseh博士和贝鲁特黎巴嫩美国贝鲁特大学电气工程系Sami Karaki博士之间的合作研究项目。 他们计划进行研究，开发一种新的太阳能控制器。新的控制器将被设计，模拟和实验验证，以提取最大功率的光伏系统在所有满载条件下。 该提案的目的是开发可扩展的并联光伏发电系统，具有强大的最大功率点跟踪（MPPT）功能。 本课题的具体目标是：1）通过计算机仿真研究MPPT控制器在恶劣环境下的性能。 2)研制了鲁棒MPPT控制器的工程演示样机。3)仿真和实验验证了共享总线均流技术。4)通过广泛的系统级计算机模拟评估所提出系统的可行性。 适用范围：所提出的太阳能电池阵列最大功率跟踪器的影响将导致未来的卫星具有更小的尺寸，更低的成本和更可靠。 这种系统也可以应用于另一种可再生能源，如燃料电池。所提出的分布式电源架构将具有几个所需的功能。 该项目使美国和黎巴嫩科学家能够汇集他们互补的专业知识和资源，提供一种新的方法来分析电力控制系统的行为。 来自UCF的一名美国研究生将参与这个国际合作项目。 该项目由国际科学和工程办公室以及电气和通信系统司资助。

0243025 BatarsehDescription: This project supports a cooperative research project between Dr. Issa Batarseh, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida and Dr. Sami Karaki, Department of Electrical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. They plan to carry out research in developing a new controller for solar energy source. The new controller will be designed, simulated and verified experimentally to extract maximum power from photovoltaic systems under all full-load conditions. The objective of the proposal is to develop expandable, parallel-connected photovoltaic-based power system with robust Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) capabilities. The specific objectives of this project are: 1) Investigate MPPT controller performance under severe circumstance with computer simulation. 2) Develop an engineering demonstration prototype for robust MPPT controller. 3) Simulate and experimentally verify the shared bus current sharing techniques. 4) Evaluate the feasibility of the proposed system by extensive system level computer simulation. Scope: The impact of the proposed maximum power tracker for solar array will lead to future satellites with reduced size, lower cost and more reliable. Such a system may be also applied to another renewable energy sources like fuel cells. The proposed distributed power architecture will have several desired features. This project enables the US and Lebanese scientists to pool their complementary expertise and resources in providing a new approach to analyzing the behavior of power control systems. One US graduate student from UCF will participate in this international collaborative project. This project is funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Electrical and Communications Systems.