Predictive control of a multi-drive solar pumping system
Riedemann, Javier
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Jara, Werner
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Pena, Ruben
Universidad de Concepcion
Blasco-Gimenez, Ramon
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Melin, Pedro
Universidad del Bio-Bio
Journal
2019 21st european conference on power electronics and applications, epe 2019 ecce europe
ISSN
2325-0313
Open Access
closed
In this paper, a multiple drives solar-pumping system is presented. The system is based on a single-stage photovoltaic (PV) topology where an array of solar panels is connected to multiple inverters supplying equal centrifugal pumps. The inverters are operated to extract the maximum power from the PV system and a predictive control strategy for the machines currents is proposed. The performance of the system is verified via simulations.