Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors

This paper presents a novel stand–alone solar– powered water pumping system, especially suited for usage in rural or remote areas. The system is primarily designed to reduce both cost and complexity, while simultaneously guaranteeing opti¬mal utilisation of the photovoltaic generator. The use of sta...

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Main Authors: Antonello, Ricardo, Carraro, M., Costabeber, Alessando, Tinazzi, Fabio, Zigliotto, M.
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2017
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author Antonello, Ricardo
Carraro, M.
Costabeber, Alessando
Tinazzi, Fabio
Zigliotto, M.
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Carraro, M.
Costabeber, Alessando
Tinazzi, Fabio
Zigliotto, M.
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description This paper presents a novel stand–alone solar– powered water pumping system, especially suited for usage in rural or remote areas. The system is primarily designed to reduce both cost and complexity, while simultaneously guaranteeing opti¬mal utilisation of the photovoltaic generator. The use of standard hardware and control architectures ensures ease of installation, service and maintenance. The proposed solution consists of a water pump driven by a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), controlled by a conventional field oriented control scheme. The photovoltaic array is directly connected to the DC bus of the inverter, with no intermediate power conversion stages. A perturbation based extremum–seeking controller adjusts the motor speed reference to attain the maximum power point opera-tion of the photovoltaic array. Both simulations and experimental results on a full-scale prototype support the effectiveness of the proposed system.
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spelling nottingham-400032020-05-04T18:28:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40003/ Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors Antonello, Ricardo Carraro, M. Costabeber, Alessando Tinazzi, Fabio Zigliotto, M. This paper presents a novel stand–alone solar– powered water pumping system, especially suited for usage in rural or remote areas. The system is primarily designed to reduce both cost and complexity, while simultaneously guaranteeing opti¬mal utilisation of the photovoltaic generator. The use of standard hardware and control architectures ensures ease of installation, service and maintenance. The proposed solution consists of a water pump driven by a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), controlled by a conventional field oriented control scheme. The photovoltaic array is directly connected to the DC bus of the inverter, with no intermediate power conversion stages. A perturbation based extremum–seeking controller adjusts the motor speed reference to attain the maximum power point opera-tion of the photovoltaic array. Both simulations and experimental results on a full-scale prototype support the effectiveness of the proposed system. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2017-01-31 Article PeerReviewed Antonello, Ricardo, Carraro, M., Costabeber, Alessando, Tinazzi, Fabio and Zigliotto, M. (2017) Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64 (1). pp. 43-51. ISSN 1557-9948 PMSM drives MPPT tracking PV water pumping Extremum seeking control http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7524798/ doi:10.1109/TIE.2016.2595480 doi:10.1109/TIE.2016.2595480
spellingShingle PMSM drives
MPPT tracking
PV water pumping
Extremum seeking control
Antonello, Ricardo
Carraro, M.
Costabeber, Alessando
Tinazzi, Fabio
Zigliotto, M.
Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
title Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
title_full Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
title_fullStr Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
title_full_unstemmed Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
title_short Energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
title_sort energy-efficient autonomous solar water-pumping system for permanent-magnet synchronous motors
topic PMSM drives
MPPT tracking
PV water pumping
Extremum seeking control
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