Real-time digital simulation based laboratory test-bench development for research and education on solar pv systems
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Jiang, Zhenning; Konstantinou, Georgios; Zhong, Zhaoyu; Acuna, Pablo
- Source
- 2017 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2017 Australasian. :1-6 Nov, 2017
- Subject
- Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Real-time systems
Hardware
Pulse width modulation
Load modeling
Digital simulation
Power electronics
Education
Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
real-time digital simulation (RTS)
photovoltaic power systems
Rapid system prototyping
- Language
- ISSN
- 2474-1507
This paper presents the development of a laboratory test-bench for research and teaching on power electronics for solar PV system integration based on a real-time digital simulation (RTS) platform. The test-bench allows flexible and rapid development through hardware-in-the-loop simulations. Importantly, it allows the wide range of PV system aspects, including maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and dc/dc converter control algorithms for a variety of dc/dc converter topologies and control hardware platforms as well as external interfaces for solar irradiance and temperature measurements to be evaluated. Two example scenarios are presented to demonstrate how the test-bench can be used to facilitate hands-on experimentation on standard control platforms and how it can be used to support and enhance research as well as learning and teaching objectives.