Sarvajanik College of

Engineering and Technology

Grid Interactive Micro Inverter using MPPT &

Incremental conductance method
Presented by :

140420109031 Mahima Patel

140420109047 Jinesh Patel
140420109050 Milan Patel
140420109061 Nilay Patel

Mentored by
Dr. Shabbir Bohra
(Head Of the Department)
Flow of Contents

•Introduction

•Literature survey

•Work-plan

•Final objective
Introduction

Solar energy is a potential energy source. Photovoltaic is needed to

harvest this kind of energy, and to be able together the most, the PV must
have a good efficiency.

The maximum efficiency is achieved when PV works at its maximum power

point which depends on irradiation and temperature.

Since the irradiation and temperature always change with time, a PV

system which able to track the maximum power point needs to be
developed to produce more energy.
Why Micro inverter?
To answer this question it is necessary to analyze the difference between
grid-tie and off-gird solar PV systems with regard to how inverters work.

Micro-inverters obtain optimum power by performing MPPT (Maximum

Power Point Tracking) for each connected panel while the MPPT for string
inverters is based on overall collected performance.

The difference between tracking maximum power through a string inverter

and Micro-Inverter lies in the difference between the collection of DC energy
produced from a solar array and the individual energy produced from each
solar PV panel per panel.

As mentioned, the central/string inverter MPPT is influenced by the lowest

power performing solar panels but in case of micro inverter It Increases
system availability – a single malfunctioning panel will not have such an
impact on the entire array

Lower DC voltage, increasing safety.

Block diagram of Micro Inverter
Literature survey

Solar Photovoltaics
Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications
Publication - Estern Economy Edition (second edition 2012)
By –Chetan Singh Solanki

A special method named Maximum Power Point Tracking

(MPPT) is employed in PV systems to ensure the maximum
power transfer.
Earlier mechanical tracking(sun tracking) was used for solar PV
modules. In sun tracking the PV modules were rotated
mechanically so that radiation intercepted by a module is
maximum under given condition.
While in case of MPPT, electronic circuitry is used to ensure
that the maximum amount of generated power is transferred
to the load and it’s operating point is decided by the load to
which it is connected.
Literature survey
2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering and Application, ICSEEA 2014
Maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic using
Incremental Conductance method
Ratna Ika Putria,*, Sapto Wibowob, Muhamad Rifa’ia

This research was aimed to explore the performance of a

maximum power point tracking system which implements
Incremental Conductance (IC) method.
The IC algorithm was designed to control the duty cycle of
Buck Boost converter and to ensure the MPPT work at its
maximum
efficiency. The system performance of IC algorithm was
compared to widely used algorithm - Perturb and Observe
(P&O) on a
Simulink environment. From the simulation, the IC method
shows a better performance and also has a lower
oscillation.
Literature survey
Incremental Conductance MPPT Method for PV Systems
A. Safari and S. Mekhilef
University of Malaya, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

This paper presents incremental conductance method for

maximum power point tracking (MPPT) using DC-DC cuk
converter.
Comprehensive analysis and simulation of solar pv module
and equivalent electric circuit are provided while effects of
various environmental conditions on the PV module
behaviour is investigated.
In order to fully understand the PV module working
specifications fundamental characteristics of PV cells are
discussed. Block diagram model of a PV module was
developed in Simulink for plotting the curves. KC85T solar
module is used in simulations and results indicate speed
and
accuracy of the proposed system.
Work Plan

We have divided our project into roughly three parts

The first part contain

• The study of basic information about project through reference books,
Internet and Brochures.
•simulation of PV panel in MAT-LAB.
•Study of various datasheet of PV panel.

The Second part contains

•Implementation of MPPT using Incremental Conductance method
•Making hardware part of micro inverter
•Study of Fuzzy Logic System

The third part contains

•Composition of Incremental conductance and Fuzzy Logic control.
•Final Product
Final Objective

The fact, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention” is truly said.

These micro-inverters are necessary as they resolve many pressing issues.
These small inverters make the system more reliable, more efficient and
smart by simply improving the power harvested by the MPPT algorithm at
every panel level.
Any industrial, residential and commercial person can always add more
solar modules easily to their existing solar power system.