A fuzzy based three phase inverter with single DC source for grid connected photo voltaic (PV) system employing three phase transformer is presented in this paper. Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) control scheme is effectively used to generate the appropriate switching sequences to the inverter switches. The intend of the fuzzy logic approach is to meet high quality output, minimum T...

This paper proposes Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based approach for light intensity control in a Photo Voltaic (PV) supply fed LED lighting system. The output power regulation of LED lighting system is formulated as an optimization problem and the output power regulation is carried out using a real time PSO technique. The concept is first simulated and verified and subsequently implemented...

The principle of minimum rate of entropy production (MREP) is applied to a non-biased (light excited) p-n photo-voltaic (PV) cell working in a circuit closed with a resistive load. At our knowledge, this is the first time that both electronic processes, such as photo-excitations, carrier diffusions and recombi-nations, and electrical processes, such as current generation and the Joule effect ar...

Solar energy is one of the important infinite source that maintains life on earth and is of clean energy. This energy can be converted to different forms as per our requirements. In this paper digital implementation of Photo Voltaic (PV) based cascaded boost converter (CBC)for voltage source inverter (VSI) fed induction motor is presented. The proposed PV model is based on a behavioral cell mod...

‎ In this paper, the stand-alone photovoltaic system for cathodic protection of underground pipelines is presented. The proposed system offers continuous and automatic adjustment of the applied voltage so that the buried pipelines receive the exact current. A modified perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is used to improve dynamic and steady state performa...

This paper provides experimental and simulation tools to characterize a Photo-Voltaic (PV) panel. To achieve this objective, we start from a PV electrical model and we propose a circuit using Diode-based-equivalent PV (DBEPV) panel. This circuit is presented as a prototype of an equivalent PV panel. It is designed to emulate a real PV module in different climatic conditions (irradiance and temp...

A new approach to portable photo-voltaic systems which described in this paper is of very low power (5W) and main purpose is for recharging or powering small portable electronics devices. The objects of this study are: i) the optimization of photo-voltaic cells connection with regard to portable conditions; a nonstandard topology is adopted, to compensate shadowing or nonoptimal orientation; ii...

This paper focuses on the comparative study of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. It has been analysed with different combination of DC-DC converters. Due to poor efficiency of Photo voltaic (PV) systems some MPPT methods are proposed. All MPPT methods follow the same goal that is maximizing the PV system output power by tracking the maximum power on every operating condition. In th...

The price of electricity supplied from home rooftop photo voltaic (PV) solar cells has fallen below the retail price of grid electricity in some areas. A number of residential households have an economic incentive to install rooftop PV systems and reduce their purchases of electricity from the grid. A significant portion of the costs incurred by utility companies are fixed costs which must be r...

We present photosensitivity in large area physical vapour deposited mono and bi-layer MoS2 films. Photo-voltaic effect was observed in single layer MoS2 without any apparent rectifying junctions, making device fabrication straightforward. For bi-layers, no such effect was present, suggesting strong size effect in light-matter interaction. The photo-voltaic effect was observed to highly directio...