The purpose of this project was to design a custom Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) for an off-grid charging application. The custom MPPT used a DC/DC buck conversion topology controlled by a Pulse-Width-Modulated (PWM) signal. The duty cycle of this PWM signal was determined according to a Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm set by a microcontroller. The implemented algorithm performed power calculations and allowed the solar panel to operate at its maximum efficiency. The design was mounted on a Printed Circuit Board and further testing showed that the algorithm was successful in determining the Maximum Power Point of the solar panel with an efficiency greater than 90 percent.

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Creator

• Alberti Arroyo, Hector Emmanuel
• Ghani, Mohammad Affan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032114-223145

Advisor

• Bitar, Stephen John
• McNeill, John A.

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• New England Center for Analog and Mixed Signal Design Lab

Date created

• 2014-03-21

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

最新修改

• 2020-12-10