The MPPT control for the seeflow generation

조류 발전을 위한 MPPT 제어 방법

In this paper, the control method of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) using the duty ratio control of buck-type dc/dc converter is presented for seaflow generation system. The advantage of the proposed MPPT method is that characteristics of seaflow generator(SG) with respect to seaflow speed, required in the conventional MPPT method, are not needed. Also, due to using the SG output power as a control parameter, neither characteristics of the seaflow speed nor measurements of the rotational speed of the generator are required. Thus, there are advantages that seaflow generation system having features of lower cost and complexity, and higher reliability can be designed. In this paper, Seaflow generation system using the buck-type dc/dc converter is proposed and the effectiveness of the MPPT algorithm is confirmed by matlab simulink.