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- the present invention is generally related to harvesting electrical power from a source of electrical energy, and, more particularly, to system and method for extracting, under a wide variety of operational and/or environmental conditions, maximum or near-maximum electrical power from a source of electrical energy, such as a photovoltaic (PV) power source, a fuel cell or a battery.
- a source of electrical energy such as a photovoltaic (PV) power source, a fuel cell or a battery.
- PV photovoltaic
- a photovoltaic (PV) energy source may be characterized by a graph of current versus voltage, generally referred to as the current-voltage (I-V) curve. It is known that when the PV source is uniformly illuminated, then such a PV source typically has one unique value of current and voltage at which maximum electrical power can be extracted for a given illumination intensity and/or temperature.
- an electrical load connected to the PV source must be adjusted such that the I-V curve of the load intersects the I-V curve of the PV source at the maximum power point. This is commonly achieved by coupling to the PV source an active load, such as a switching power converter, controlled to dynamically seek the maximum power point of the PV source by adjusting its respective I-V characteristics as a function of sensed PV source characteristics.
- an active load such as a switching power converter
- the switching power converter also referred to as the PV load converter, may be configured to output useful electrical power, which may be processed by additional converters or supplied directly to the working load.
- the power of the PV source may be monitored by a suitable power monitor means, and a maximum power point tracking algorithm may then be processed in a suitable processor to determine how to dynamically adjust the switching converter operation such that its input I-V curve intersects the I-V curve of the PV source at the maximum power point.
- a generated control signal resulting from the processing of the algorithm is fed to the converter so that it may be adjusted in such a manner. In this setup it is generally presumed that the working load will use essentially all of the available power of the PV source.
- a PV system equipped with maximum power point tracking should, in theory, be able to dynamically track changes due to variations in the environment of the PV source and/or due to aging of the PV source and should extract maximum electrical power during the operation of the PV system.
- the implementation of the tracking algorithm in a processor requires an incremental consumption of electrical power for powering such a processor, thus reducing harvesting efficiency of the PV system.
- maximum power tracking is generally much more complex than just regulating the switching converter to a reference and the switching operation of the converter can interfere with appropriately determining the maximum power point and, in some cases, is prone to operational instabilities while seeking to solve the maximum power point algorithm.
- power tracking algorithms commonly require sensing of both current and voltage of the PV source. This current sensing often results in additional losses, thus further reducing the overall efficiency of the PV system.
- the present invention fulfills the foregoing needs by providing, in one aspect thereof, a photovoltaic system that includes a photovoltaic source of electrical energy.
- the photovoltaic source has power-generating characteristics defined by a family of voltage-current curves comprising points of maximum electrical power over a respective range of at least one of the following for the photovoltaic source: distinct illumination intensities and distinct temperatures.
- a switching converter is coupled to the photovoltaic source, wherein the converter comprises an input voltage-current curve having a predefined functional relationship between the input voltage and the input current.
- the predefined functional relationship of the input voltage-current curve of the converter is configured to provide during operation of the converter an approximation with respect to at least some of the points of maximum electrical power for the photovoltaic source without having to perform current and voltage calculations corresponding to a maximum power from the photovoltaic source.
- the present invention further fulfills the foregoing needs by providing a method for harvesting electrical power from a photovoltaic system.
- the method defines power-generating characteristics of a photovoltaic source of electrical energy by a family of voltage-current curves comprising points of maximum electrical power over a respective range of at least one of the following for the photovoltaic source: distinct illumination intensities and distinct temperatures.
- the method allows coupling a switching converter to the photovoltaic source, wherein the converter comprises an input voltage-current curve having a predefined functional relationship between the input voltage and the input current.
- the converter is operated to approximate at least some of the points of maximum electrical power for the photovoltaic source based on a configuration of the predefined functional relationship of the input voltage-current curve of the converter without having to perform current and voltage calculations corresponding to a maximum power from the photovoltaic source.
- the present invention further fulfills the foregoing needs by providing apparatus for harvesting electrical energy from a photovoltaic source of electrical energy.
- the photovoltaic source has power-generating characteristics defined by a family of voltage-current curves comprising points of maximum electrical power over a respective range of at least one of the following for the photovoltaic source: distinct illumination intensities and distinct temperatures.
- the apparatus comprises a switching converter coupled to the photovoltaic source, wherein the converter comprises an input voltage-current curve having a predefined functional relationship between the input voltage and the input current.
- the predefined functional relationship of the input voltage-current curve of the converter is configured to provide during operation of the converter an approximation with respect to at least some of the points of maximum electrical power for the photovoltaic source without having to perform current and voltage calculations corresponding to a maximum power from the photovoltaic source.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram representation of an example embodiment of a photovoltaic system embodying aspects of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 shows example I-V curves of a PV source at various illumination levels.
- FIG. 2 further shows a graph of an example of a maximum power-generation curve of the PV source that intersects the various I-V curves.
- FIG. 2 shows two example embodiments of input I-V curves for a power converter embodying aspects of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram representation of an example embodiment of a converter configured to provide an input I-V curve having a linear fit approximation with a voltage offset;
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram representation of an example embodiment of a PV system with a converter configured to provide an input I-V curve having a cubic fit approximation;
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram representation of an example embodiment of a PV system embodying aspects of the present invention wherein the input I-V curve of the converter may be adjusted as a function of PV source temperature.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram representation of an example embodiment of a PV system made up of a PV modular array embodying aspects of the present invention, wherein each module converter therein may be interconnected to other such converters to provide a desired power scalability.
- the inventors of the present invention propose an innovative photovoltaic (PV) system and/or methodology that may be advantageously used to extract, under a wide variety of operational and/or environmental conditions, maximum or near-maximum electrical power from a source of electrical energy, such as photovoltaic (PV) power source, as may be made up of a single photovoltaic cell or a photovoltaic module in the case of a battery of cells.
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- aspects of the present invention avoid having to utilize processing means for implementing a maximum power tracking algorithm and lead to incremental savings of electrical power since one does not have to electrically power such processing means. Moreover, aspects of the present invention lead to incremental cost reductions in the PV system since the cost that otherwise would be required to provide such processing means is eliminated.
- a photovoltaic system embodying aspects of the present invention may comprise a switching converter 12 , such as DC-to-DC converter, as may be electrically coupled between a PV source 14 and an electrical load 16 , wherein the input I-V curve of the switching converter is configured so that under a variety of operational and/or environmental conditions, maximum or near-maximum power is extracted from the PV source, without having to perform maximum power point tracking.
- the converter may comprise an input voltage-current curve having a predefined functional relationship between the input voltage and the input current. Examples of such a predefined functional relationship between the input voltage and the input current may be a linear relationship or a cubic relationship, as discussed in greater detail below.
- the predefined functional relationship of the input voltage-current curve of the converter may be configured to provide during operation of the converter an approximation with respect to at least some of the points of maximum electrical power for the photovoltaic source without having to perform current and voltage calculations corresponding to a maximum power from the photovoltaic source. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the approximation with respect to at least some of the points of maximum electrical power for the photovoltaic source may be achieved by way of various methodologies, such as a least square fit over a given power range, or one may choose the input voltage-current curve of the converter to intersect both a lower power point and an upper power point while a least square fit may be performed for any intermediate power points between the lower power point and the upper power point.
- a least square fit technique is just one example of a technique that may be used for determining (e.g., quantifying) the approximation provided by the predefined functional relationship of the input voltage-current curve of the converter with respect to at least some of the points of maximum electrical power for the photovoltaic source and is not part of the converter control algorithm.
- Another example of a realizable approximation strategy may be implemented in a case where one has accumulated sufficient data to statistically determine a likely average power point of operation of the PV source.
- the input voltage-current curve of the converter may be configured to approximate such likely average power point of operation. It will be appreciated that such average may vary as a function of factors, such as season (e.g., time of year), geographical location, temperature, etc.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of a family of input I-V curves of a PV source at various illuminations levels (such as I-V curves 20 , 22 24 , 26 , and 28 ).
- FIG. 2 further shows a graph of an example of the maximum power curve of the PV source (curve 30 ) that intersects the various I-V curves.
- FIG. 2 shows two example embodiments of possible input I-V curves for the power switching converter.
- a first example input I-V curve for the power switching converter may comprise a linear fit approximation 32 , as may be based on a resistive function with a voltage offset along the voltage axis selected to bring this curve proximate to the maximum power point curve 30 .
- a second example input I-V curve for the power switching converter may comprise a cubic fit approximation 34 .
- a practical PV system may be substantially dependent on the illumination intensity, ambient temperature, location of installation, and combination of the foregoing. It has been observed that a linear fit through the origin of the I-V plane, while uncomplicated to realize and useful in many applications, may not necessarily provide the optimum input I-V curve for maximizing the power extraction from the PV source for cases subject to a wide range of operating conditions.
- the load converter input I-V curve has a relatively high slope (i.e., relatively high conductance) near the vicinity of the maximum power point of the I-V curve of the PV source.
- One example means to achieve this goal is to use a converter with a relatively sharp slope (e.g., providing a linear fit approximation) for its input I-V curve, which is also appropriately offset along the voltage axis so that the linear fit approximation intersects the PV source I-V curve near the maximum power point, as shown in FIG. 2 (input I-V curve 32 ).
- Another example means to accomplish the same goal is to use a converter with a curve of increasing slope, (e.g., a cubic fit approximation) also shown in FIG. 2 (input I-V curve 34 ).
- the description below will provide some example embodiments of switching converter topologies that may be used to realize such example input I-V curves in the power switching converter.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example implementation of a converter circuitry 40 configured to provide an input I-V curve having a linear fit with a voltage offset (such as input I-V curve 32 in FIG. 2 ).
- a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller 42 may be configured to process an output signal from summer 41 that combines a voltage signal (Vin) and a current signal (Iin), (as may be scaled by a suitable scaling factor (Req)) to output an error signal exhibiting a linear fit. See, for example, inset 45 .
- PID proportional-integral-derivative
- a summer 46 combines the output signal from PID controller 42 and an offset voltage to generate a signal that (may be used as the pulse-width modulation (PWM) setpoint for the converter) exhibits the linear fit plus the voltage offset. See, for example, inset 48 .
- the circuitry illustrated in FIG. 3 can be implemented using the functional blocks available in a standard off-the-shelf PWM regulator (such as regulator part No. UC3854, commercially available from Texas Instruments) that can be implemented in a variety of single switch converter topologies, such as buck/boost, buck or boost converters.
- Temperature compensation can be optionally implemented by adjusting the offset reference as a function of a sensed parameter indicative of temperature of the PV source, for example.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one example implementation of a PV system 60 with a converter 62 configured as a flyback converter to provide an input I-V curve having a cubic fit approximation, (such as input I-V curve 34 in FIG. 2 ).
- Converter 62 includes a pulse-width modulator (PWM) 64 that generates a pulse waveform of a predefined frequency and has a pulse duty cycle D proportional to a voltage VD supplied by a gain amplifier 66 .
- PWM 64 pulse-width modulator
- the output of PWM 64 is coupled to a gating terminal of a semiconductor power switch Q 1 , such as a MOSFET switch.
- the current is proportional to the input voltage V, which generates a linear I-V curve.
- the input I-V curve of the converter may be adjusted as a function of PV source temperature so that the input I-V curve, for example, shifts along the voltage axis as a function of PV source temperature.
- the sensing of a parameter indicative of temperature of the PV source may be accomplished with a thermistor or other temperature sensor on an integrated circuit, such as may be part of the converter circuitry. Since in some applications, the PV source and converter circuitry may be integrated and thermally coupled to one another in a common package, this temperature sensing may be readily accomplished in multiple ways. For example, it is contemplated that in some applications, the temperature sensor may be a redundant, optionally shaded PV cell mounted with the other cells of the PV source.
- a section of the photovoltaic source may be masked to avoid a response due to illumination, and an electrical signal from the masked section may be used for sensing temperature of the photovoltaic source.
- an electrical signal from the masked section may be used for sensing temperature of the photovoltaic source.
- various combinations of physical proximity and conductive path characteristics may be used for achieving a desired thermal coupling for a given application.
- the thermal coupling may be configured so that in one example embodiment the PV source and converter circuitry may be at substantially the same temperature or optionally at a predictable temperature offset with respect to one another.
- a temperature sensor 72 may be an integral part of a respective integrated circuit in a converter circuitry 74 .
- the temperature sensor may sense temperature variation of the integrated circuit (and thus of a PV source thermally coupled to the integrated circuit) by utilizing a thermally-sensitive voltage reference therein, such as a bandgap reference of a semiconductor device.
- the temperature sensor may utilize an external voltage reference coupled to drive a thermally-sensitive electrical component in the integrated circuit, such as a resistor, diode, capacitor, or a transistor.
- the temperature sensor may sense temperature in the respective integrated circuit by monitoring, for example, a diode current leakage. That is, some of the circuitry that is part of the integrated circuit (typically used for conditioning or processing the signals from the PV source) may be used for obtaining a temperature indication of the PV source.
- the temperature sensor may be assembled onto suitable pads built in the integrated circuit, such as a surface-mounted miniature thermistor mounted on diode pads.
- the temperature sensor need not be integral to a respective integrated circuit, since, for example, the temperature sensor may be disposed external to the integrated circuit, such as mounted on an outer surface thermally coupled to the integrated circuit.
- this thermally-sensitive electrical component e.g., functioning as a temperature sensor
- the photovoltaic source may include a first face exposed to illumination and a second face opposite the first face not exposed to illumination. It is contemplated that in this example embodiment the converter may be integrated with the photovoltaic source at the second face of the PV cell or PV module. That is, the non-illuminated face of the PV cell or PV module.
- an array of PV modules may be needed because a single PV module may not be capable of supplying enough power, as may be required in a given power application.
- Achieving power scaling in practical PV arrays has presented some difficulties. For instance, in known PV arrays, it may not be possible to continue to increment the number of PV modules that may be connected to achieve a desired power rating. This is due to the possibility that incompatibilities may develop between the respective input and output I-V characteristics of the converters to be connected.
- PV systems equipped with a maximum power point tracking algorithm such algorithms may be unable to determine the maximum power point of a plurality of PV modules, such as may occur when a subset of individual PV modules in a PV modular array become shaded.
- This partial shading modifies the shape of the composite I-V curve of the PV array in a manner that substantially increases the complexity of maximum power tracking such that there may be a need for determining both local and global maximum power point tracking algorithms.
- known PV arrays may be limited in the number of PV modules that can be interconnected to one another, and consequently may lack the ability to provide the desired power scalability.
- yet another advantage provided by converters with the input I-V curves embodying aspects of the present invention is that the respective output I-V curves of such converters exhibit characteristic suitable for sharing electrical power when connected together to one another, as shown in FIG. 6 .
- This is conducive to combining the power output from multiple PV modules, such as modules 80 and 82 including respective PV sources 84 and 86 .
- This benefit may be achieved when the PV load converter's input I-V curve is independent of the PV load converter's output, as is the case in connection with the example input I-V curves discussed above.
- each PV load converter will act as a power source, providing advantageous power scaling capabilities.
- Each converter becomes a power source and can be connected in any desired manner, such as in a series circuit, in a parallel circuit, or series/parallel circuit combinations, to other such converters that may be part of a PV modular array, provided the working load uses essentially all the power delivered by the PV sources.
- Slope of the input I-V curve is positive at the intersection of the PV source's I-V curve and the PV load converter's input I-V curve.
- a line drawn tangent to the PV load converter's input curve at the intersection with the PV source curve should intersect the current-axis below Isc (short circuit current) or the voltage-axis below Voc (open circuit Voltage).
- Intersection of the PV source's I-V curve and the PV load converter's input I-V curve should be at or near the maximum power point under typical operating conditions. Operation should be at theoretical maximum for at least one point under the set of all operating conditions.
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