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Device and method for performing maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic devices in presence of hysteresis

  • US 10,488,879 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2018
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for tracking a maximum power output of a solar cell in presence of hysteresis, comprising the steps of:

  • sampling a voltage and a current of the solar cell (V(k), I(k));

    determining a voltage variation and a current variation by substracting respectively from the sampled voltage a value of a previously sampled voltage (V(k)−

    V(k−

    1)) and from the sample current a previously sampled current (I(k)−

    I(k−

    1));

    comparing respectively the voltage variation and the current variation to a determined typical system noise value and rejecting the sampled voltage value and the sampled current as non-significant if the comparing shows that the voltage variation and the current variation are inferior to the determined typical system noise value;

    computing the power for the sampled voltage and current;

    comparing the computed power to the previously computed power for previously sampled voltage and current;

    incrementing the voltage by sign(dV)·

    Δ

    VDAC if the computed power is greater than the previously computed power;

    incrementing the voltage by sign(dV)·

    Δ

    VDAC if the computed power is not greater than the previously computed power and the dV is positive and the relative decrement of power is smaller of the forward power threshold efw;

    incrementing the voltage by sign(dV)·

    Δ

    VDAC if the computed power is not greater than the previously computed power and the dV is negative and the relative decrement of power is smaller of the backward power threshold ebw;

    incrementing the voltage by −

    sign(dV)·

    Δ

    VDAC if the computed power is not greater than the previously computed power and the dV is positive and the relative decrement of power is bigger of the forward power threshold efw; and

    incrementing the voltage by −

    sign(dV)·

    Δ

    VDAC if the computed power is not greater than the previously computed power and the dV is negative and the relative decrement of power is bigger of the backward power threshold ebw.

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