Photovoltaic MPPT Control Using Sepic Converter Based on Super Twisting Control

• Published in: The scientific bulletin of Electrical Engineering Faculty Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 22 - 29
• Main Authors: Guerbouz, Abdesselam, Merzouk, Imad, Hfaifa, Ahmed, fihakhir, Amine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Targoviste Sciendo 01.12.2024; De Gruyter Poland
• Subjects: MPPT; SEPIC; super twisting
• ISSN: 2286-2455; 1843-6188; 2286-2455
• DOI: 10.2478/sbeef-2024-0017

For ensuring a greener and low carbon future; renewable energies sources such as solar energy stands out as a prominent solution for generating sustainable and clean electricity due to its accessibility, abundance and numerous benefits. The use of solar panel also called as photovoltaic systems has more importance in the world for their ability to convert sun irradiation into electricity while they have significant drawbacks like the nonlinearity of Pv panel. The efficiency and performance of Photovoltaic (PV) systems can be influnced by various factors, like climate fluctuations during the day. Therefore, it is so important to optimize the power capturing from PV panels. To optimize the energy created by photovoltaic modules, it is necessary to carefully select a DC-DC converter with MPPT control. This guarantees that the maximum power is extracted from the solar power plant and sent to the demand side in less time and with greater effectiveness. This paper introduces a super twisting sliding mode control technique for achieving maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in a photovoltaic (PV) system. The Single Ended Primary Inductor Converter (SEPIC) is proposed as a superior alternative to the conventional boost dc-dc converter, as it enables the extraction of the highest possible power from the photovoltaic panels array. Upon doing a thorough comparison of the suggested control with the P&O algorithm in various scenarios using the MATLAB/SIMULINK tool, it was found that the provided STC (Synchronous Tracking Control) for the SEPIC converter demonstrates greater efficiency and reduced oscillation around the Maximum Power Point (MPP).