Assessment of Solar Inverter-Powered Induction Motor Effectiveness in Partially Shaded Conditions
摘要
The increasing scarcity of fossil fuels has led to a greater dependency on solar photovoltaic power generation to meet energy demands. One of the most significant commercial and industrial load systems is the AC motor drive, which is powered by a three-phase AC power supply. The difficulties in acquiring improved power quality AC electricity from solar PV systems. Through an inverter, the power from the solar PV energised the AC drive. Partial shadowing circumstances are the main cause of performance issues for solar photovoltaics (PV). The operation of solar inverter-based induction motor (I.M.) drives is affected by changes in the environment (temperature, irradiation), as well as the duty cycle of the converter. This paper uses a MATLAB/Simulink model to analyse the performance of an induction motor supplied by a solar inverter under PSCs. Based on perturb and observe (P&O), a maximum power point tracking system (MPPT) regulates a 5 × 5 TCT configuration-based PV array fed to a boost converter. Consequently, a three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI) is linked to a boost converter. The boost converter’s controlled DC signal is now transformed into a three-phase AC signal. The three-phase squirrel cage I.M. is supplied with this three-phase AC voltage signal with constant loading conditions. The external shaft load of 8 N m. is considered in this study. Some of the output parameters that the author evaluates include the I–V and P–V characteristics of PV arrays, the voltage, current, and power output of Boost converters, and the stator current, rotor current, electromagnetic torque, and rotor speed of I.M. under direct case, unshaded, and shaded circumstances.