Use of Petri Nets for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic power generation system

Use of Petri Nets for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic power generation system

Ning Lu1, Leilei Yi2 

1School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

2State Grid Suizhou Power Supply Company, Suizhou, China

Maximum power-point tracking is used to take full use of solar energy. The main object of this paper was to find a simple efficient technique to let photovoltaic power generation system working near the maximum power point of the solar arrays. The way of finding the suitable method of detection of the maximum power point and the strategy, which forces the system to work near this point was discussed. This project proposes a new way to realize the incremental conductance method by using high level Petri nets which is capable of tracking global maximum power point under condition change. This model will be evaluated by using stateflow in MATLAB. The result showed that this model is effective.