PV Source Integrated Micro-Grid for Power Quality Improvement using MPPT Technique

TL;DR

This paper presents a PV-integrated micro-grid system employing MPPT and active filtering to enhance power quality by reducing harmonics, analyzed through MATLAB simulations.

Contribution

It introduces a combined approach of MPPT and active power filtering for improving power quality in PV micro-grids, with performance analysis via simulation.

Findings

Harmonics are effectively mitigated using the proposed filter.

MPPT controller improves the efficiency of power extraction.

Simulation results demonstrate enhanced power quality.

Abstract

The demand for Electrical energy is increasing day by day as it can be easily converted to another form of energy. All consumers expect Electrical energy with high power quality. Most of the commercial and industrial loads are inductive in nature and need power electronic circuits/ controllers to get smooth control of the equipment. This, in turn, leads to the injection of harmonics into the system, hence the power quality is affected. The above problem needs to be addressed and eliminated. In this paper, a shunt active power filter is used to mitigate the harmonics. Id-Iq control is used to analyse the performance of the filter and is simulated using MATLAB software. The MPPT controller is used to improving the power quality of the system.