A New Hybrid Photovoltaic-Diesel System Control Scheme For An Isolated Load
A New Hybrid Photovoltaic-Diesel System Control Scheme For An Isolated Load
A New Hybrid Photovoltaic-Diesel System Control Scheme For An Isolated Load
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ABSTRACT
In this paper, the Authors present a hybrid photovoltaic-diesel system control. The considered system is composed
of a self exited induction generator (SEIG) and a photovoltaic array (PV array) and a supervisor associated to an
isolated DC load. The diesel motor is used to drive the SEIG in order to feed an isolated DC load when the PV array
required insulation is down. The load receives the input power from the photovoltaic array through a buck converter
and a DC bus when the insulation is sufficient; else it receives the required active power from the SEIG through a
diode rectifier, LC-LC filter and a DC bus. A modelling study was performed for the proposed Hybrid system
components. Modelling of the PV array, SEIG, Diesel engine, rectifier, LC-LC filter, DC bus and buck converter
were established and used in the control proposed scheme. The DC bus control aiming to extract the required active
power from the hybrid system is studied and analyzed. An extensive simulation work was performed to extract the
significant results. To show up the high system performances, presented results are discussed and prove how the
proposed methodology is an efficient hybrid photovoltaic diesel control procedure.
Keywords: Hybrid system, photovoltaic, diesel, SEIG, Buck converter
1. INTRODUCTION
Electrical energy is an essential factor for the development of human societies. It is one of the fundamental
necessities for every days life which improves our quality and makes daily living more convenient. The shortage of
fossil fuel, their unstable prices and the trend to reduce dependency of pollutant energetic sources increase the
demand of renewable energy that become viable alternative energy sources for electrical power production in remote
area [1,2]. PV energy is now becoming a promising economical renewable energy source since it offers many
advantages such as incurring no fuel costs ,not being polluting, requiring little maintenance , and emitting no noise,
but the output power varies randomly due to fluctuation of solar insulation and climatic conditions . It completely
disappears during the night hours. There must be a stand by power source to meet the load energy demand. Diesel
engine driven generator are the most common electrical energy production scheme in small and medium size power
application is used to provide an uninterrupted energy sources in remote area, it works as a compensator to the
fluctuating power output of the photovoltaic array (PVA) [3,4] .Thats why the design of hybrid power system has
received considerable attention .it may constitute economical solution in many application , and provide more
reliable supply of electricity through the combination of several energy sources .A Diesel engine drive a generator
to produce electricity . DC and synchronous machine are easy to be controlled but presents expensive costs of
installation and operation due to fabrication and maintenance features .The use of induction generator is becoming
more and more popular for renewable energy sources. The self excited induction generator SEIG has many
advantages, reduced size, rugged and low cost, robust and brushless ruggedness, ease of maintenance, absence of
DC power supply for field excitation better transient performance, and self protection the major drawback of SEIG
are reactive power consumption, its relatively poor voltage and frequency regulation . However an autonomous
induction machine is able to generate electric power if self excitation occur [5], the capacitor used are connected to
the generator in order to compensate the reactive power consumed by the generator. The frequency, the slip, the
output voltage and the operating range of the system depend of the characteristics of the induction generator, the
value of the capacitor and the diesel engine speed of rotation [6].The voltage decreases when the load increase for a
fixed value of the capacitor, it is difficult to produce smooth voltage regulation, the control of the voltage and
frequency of a autonomous PV-diesel system is more challenging than in a large grid [7]. To overcome poor voltage
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regulation of the SEIG a number of schemes have been proposed switched capacitors, a saturable reactor, a short
shunt and a long shunt configuration. In this paper two control loops are always included to stabilize the voltage
frequency and magnitude. The first is the speed diesel engine control to maintain the speed constant, the second is
called automatic voltage regulator which works to keep the voltage magnitude constant through the control of the
field excitation to make possible the connections of diverse energy sources [3] The design process of hybrid energy
systems requires the selection and sizing of the most suitable combination of energy sources. Thus in this paper a
supervisor is used to select the suitable energy source when the insulation varies.
2. THE HYBRID SYSTEM MODEL
Related to work published in [16], the proposed hybrid system considered in this work is shown in figure1.
Governor
fuel flow
Controller
PI
Regulator
m
Diesel
Motor
Vdcref
LC LC
SEIG
Filtre
DC Bus
Supervisor
Vdc
Load
Pv array
Buck
converter
Vpv
PWM
control
ph
ID
Ic
R pc
Vc
At the reference condition defined by the cell junction temperature Tc _ ref and the insulation Gref , the photocurrent
The desired reverse saturation current I rs is also obtained from the reference condition according to relation (2),
where Eg , q , k and represent respectively the band gap energy of the semiconductor, the electron charge, the
ideal factor off the solar cell and the oltzman constant [9].
qEg 1
T
1
I rs I rs _ ref c exp
(2)
T
c _ ref
k Tc Tc _ ref
Many others express the characteristic equation relating the cells current I c to its voltage Vc as represented in (3),
[8,9].
V R I
q
(3)
I c I ph I rs exp(
Vc Rsc I c 1 c sc c
kT
Rpc
c
The solar panel can be composed of N p array of modules assembled in parallel; each one can be composed of
3
N s modules assembled in series. A module can also contain ns cells associated in series configuration. This
consideration expresses the relations between the panels and the cells parameters, relation (4).
I p N p Ic
V p ns N sVc
ns N s
Rsc
(4)
Rsp
Np
nN
R pp s s R pc
Np
In this consideration, the non-linear characteristic equation related the panel current I p to its voltage V p is shown in
(5).
R I N p Vp
R I
q Vp
I p N p I ph N p I rs exp
sc P 1
sc P
(5)
kTc ns N s
N p Rpc ns N s
N p
L2
iC 2
iC1
V panel
C1
VC1
C2
Vdc
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Along the operating time period T , the IGBT is switched on for T and switched off over 1 T intervals.
In the state space domain, the buck converter model with respect to the T interval can be represented by state
equations ((6) and (7)):
RL1
L1
iL1
0
iL 2
1
V c1
C1
V c 2
0
1
L1
RL 2
L2
1
L2
C1
1
C2
1
1 iL1
L1
L2 iL 2
0 V
VC1 panel
0
0
VC 2 0
1
RLaod C2
0
(6)
(7)
In the state space domain, the buck converter model with respect to the 1 T interval, is represented by the
following state equations ((8) and (9)):
RL1
L1
i
L1
0
iL 2
1
V c1
C1
V c 2
0
1
L1
RL 2
L2
1
C2
1
1 iL1
L1
L2 iL 2
0 V
VC1 panel
0
0
VC2 0
1
RLoad C2
0
(8)
0
L
L
1
1
1
i
L1
RL 2
c
1 iL1
0
L1
L2
L2
L2 iL 2
iL 2
0 V
(10)
1
VC1 panel
c
V c1
0
0
0
C1
C1
VC 2 0
V c 2
1
1
0
C2
RLoad C2
(11)
(12)
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The governor is modeled by relation (13) is an electromechanical device that receives a control signal S gs in order
to adjust the fuel flow [3,17,18].
kg
( p)
S gc
1 g p
(13)
vsd Rs isd dt
(14)
v R i dsq
sq
s sq
dt
drd
v R i drq
r rq
r rd
rq
dt
(15)
The direct and quadratic components of the stator and rotor flux are respectively given by relation (16) and (17),
[4,18].
sd Ls isd M sr ird sd 0
(16)
sq M rs irq Ls isq sq 0
rd Lr ird M sr isd rd 0
rq Lr irq M rs isq rq 0
(17)
The SEIG in its standard form is an induction machine with a capacitor bank across its stator terminals for excitation
purpose. The voltage equations (18) in Concordia reference frame can be found from the equivalent circuit given by
Figure 4.
VCd Rs pLs
VCq 0
pM
sr
r rq 0
r rd 0 r M sr
0
Rs pLs
r M sr
pM sr
pM sr
0
Rr pLr
r Lr
isd
pM sr isq
r Lr ird
Rr pLr
irq
0
(18)
(19)
The capacitor voltages are equal to the stator voltage, thus the direct and quadratic expression for the capacitor
voltages are given by relation (20):
1
V v 1 i dt V
sq
Cq
Cq 0
Cq
C
Figure 4 gives the Concordia model of the SEIG, [6,20,21,26]. The parameters of the SEIG obtained from the test at
rated values of voltage and frequency are given by Table 1, [26]. Its essential to indicate that the magnetizing
inductance varies with the voltage; this important fact should be taken in consideration for SEIG application. The
expression of the magnetizing inductance with consideration of the phase voltage is given by relation (21), [26].
(21)
M sr 1.561011vs4 2.44108 vs3 1.19105 vs2 1.42103 vs 0.245
The leakage inductances of stator and rotor are given by the following formula:
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s LS M sr
r Lr M sr
(22)
V cd
Rr
Rr
r rq i
rd
sr
Rs
i sq
V cq
Rs
i sd
r rd
i rq
sr
VC Rs pLs pM sr
pM sr
jrr
is
Rr pLr pM sr ir
pM sr
is
VC
Rs
(28)
Rr
jrr
ir
M sr
vs1 vm sin(0 t )
)
vs 2 vm sin(0 t
3
vs 3 vm sin(0 t
)
(29)
The output voltage of the full bridge rectifier can be expressed by (30), [22]:
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(30)
vrec max(vs1 , vs 2 , vs 3 ) min(vs1 , vs 2 , vs 3 )
The operation laws of a full bridge three phase 6-diodes rectifier fed with a three phase voltage source:
Vrec 0
3 6
vsM 1.654vsM
2
(31)
L3
vC 3
vrec
iL 4
C3
L4
vC 4
C4
RLoad
dt
L
L3
3
di
v
v
L4 C3 C 4
L4
L4
dt
dv
i
i
C 3 L3
L4
dt
C3
vC 4
IL4
dvC 4
dt C R
4
Load C4
(32)
In the state space domain and relatively to the considered following established differential equations indicated by
the system (32), the LCLC filter can be represented by the following state equations (33):
iL 3
0
iL 4
1
vC 3
C3
vC 4
0
1
L3
1
L4
1
C3
1
C4
1
iL 3
1
L3
L4
iL 4 0 v
vC 3 rec
0
0
vC 4 0
RLoad C4
0
(33)
Vdc Vpanel
(34)
4. SIMULATION RESULTS
4.1. Analyzes of the diesel engine/generator
The simulation in this work has been developed in Matlab/Simulink environnement.
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The command of the diesel engine-SEIG system is based on the DC voltage required by the load equal to 560 V.
This value is computed as a reference DC-bus voltage term.
Figure 7 gives the obtained output DC-bus voltage (pu) related to relation (31).
Figure 8 shows the voltage waveform vs ( pu ) of the SEIG stator phase including the transient self-excitation
process. The generated voltage grows and reaches the rated value.
Figure 9 gives the output rectifier voltage that result from a three sinusoidal signal rectified by full bridge 6 diodes
rectifier.
Figure 10 gives the evolution of the diesel engine speed that reaches the nominal value at the steady state.
6
1.66
1.64
1.62
6.9
4
2
6.92
6.94
6.96
6.98
0
0
Times (s)
1
0
-1
6.9
6.92
6.94
6.96
6.98
0
-2
Time (s)
1.1
1
0.9
0.8
6.97 6.975 6.98 6.985 6.99 6.995
Times (s)
6.92
6.94
6.96
6.98
0
0
4
Time (s)
4.2 Analyzes physical sizes relating to the photovoltaic panel and the buck converter
The command of the buck converter is based on the DC voltage required by the load equal to 560 V. This value is
computed as a reference buck voltage term. The figures 11 and 12 give respectively the panels and the output buck
converter voltages. The second one (figure 12) converges towards the required DC voltage according to the first one.
With consider the rated DC load current as a base value, figure 13, figure 14 and figure 15 give respectively the
panel current (pu), The capacitance C1 current (pu) and The inductance L2 current (pu). These figures show that
panel current is perfectly continuous with a good choice of the capacitance value relatively to that of the inductance.
The alternative current component of the inductance current is absorbed through the capacitance.
3
1.36
1.34
1.32
6.9
6.92
6.94
6.96
6.98
1
0
Times (s)
0.94
0.93
6.9
6.92
6.94
6.96
6.98
0.5
Time (s)
4
0.7
0.69
0.68
6.9
6.92
6.94
6.96
6.98
Time (s)
4
2
-2
6.997
6.998
6.999
0
-2
-4
Time (s)
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8
6
4
2
1
0
-1
6.997
6.998
6.999
2
0
-2
-4
Time (s)
3.6 Kw
240 V
7.8 A
Rated power PN
Rated voltage VsN
Rated current I N
Rated speed N
Pole pairs p
Rotor resistance
Stator resistance
Stator inductance
Rotor inductance
157 rad / s
4
2.74
1.66
265.4 mH
265.4 mH
Rr
Rs
Ls
Lr
1.73e - 3 A / K
25C
1.38e - 23
1.11ev
216W
36.35 V
60
279
509 V
8.1 A
14
5
0.1
Table 6. Nomenclature
G : Global insulation (W /m2 ) ,
Gref : Reference insulation (W /m2 ) ,
I sc ref
1
0.125
1.15
0.5
0.3
Rs : Stator resistance,
Rr : Rotor resistance,
Ls : Stator cyclic inductance,
Lr : Rotor cyclic inductance,
s : Stator leakage inductance,
r : Rotor leakage inductance,
M sr : Magnetizing inductance
ds : Direct stator flux (Wb) ,
qs : Quadratic stator flux (Wb) ,
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