Solar-Powered LVDC Nano-Grid with Smart FPGA-based Residential Power Switching Algorithm

Leninisha Shanmugam; P. M. Balasubramaniam; Ammar Hameed Shnain; Rasheed Abdulkader; Meshal Alharbi; Denis A. Pustokhin; Irina V. Pustokhina; Sheik Mohammed; Sudhakar Sengan

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3240651

Solar-Powered LVDC Nano-Grid with Smart FPGA-based Residential Power Switching Algorithm

Leninisha Shanmugam
, P. M. Balasubramaniam
, Ammar Hameed Shnain
, Rasheed Abdulkader
, Meshal Alharbi
, Denis A. Pustokhin
, Irina V. Pustokhina
, Sheik Mohammed
, Sudhakar Sengan

Computer Sciences

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A Low Voltage Direct Current (LVDC) nano-grid opens new potentials for the electrification of isolated rural settlements, urban residential structures, and the existing grid infrastructure. This study introduces and examines the Power-Sharing Control (PSC) of a solar Photovoltaic (PV) system connected to a low-voltage DC nano-grid. Effective control and power management between the components of a planned LVDC nano-grid system are presented, as is the use of a PSC algorithm implemented on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). General simulation investigations are tested to analyse the system’s performance using the recommended controller. The proposed LVDC nano-grid idea is developed, and its hardware is assessed. The results of the hardware under different settings are shown and discussed. The proposed nano-grid model is implemented in matrix laboratory (MATLAB)-Simulink and has an FPGA-based Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller and a central PSC algorithm; simulation studies are performed, and results are achieved. 100 <italic>W</italic> nano-grid hardware is set up and tested. Quantitative cost-benefit analyses of the LVDC nano-grid of the proposed controller are given.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1
Number of pages	1
Journal	IEEE Access
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3240651
State	Accepted/In press - 2023

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Keywords

Batteries
DC-DC converter
Energy management
energy management
Field programmable gate arrays
FPGA controller
Hardware
Low voltage
Low voltage DC
nano-grid
Renewable energy sources
renewables
solar photovoltaic
Standards

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