Comparison between the particle swarm optimisation and differential evolution approaches for the optimal proportional–integral controllers design during photovoltaic power plants modelling

Klemen Dezelak; Peter Bracinik; Marek Höger; Alena Otcenasova

Comparison between the particle swarm optimisation and differential evolution approaches for the optimal proportional–integral controllers design during photovoltaic power plants modelling

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Author(s): Klemen Dezelak ¹ ; Peter Bracinik ² ; Marek Höger ² ; Alena Otcenasova ²
- Affiliations: 1: Department of Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia ;
  2: Department of Power Electrical Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia
Source: Volume 10, Issue 4, April 2016, p. 522 – 530
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0108 , Print ISSN 1752-1416, Online ISSN 1752-1424

This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Received 14/03/2015, Accepted 20/10/2015, Revised 30/09/2015, Published 01/04/2016

This study deals with photovoltaic power plant modelling and its integration within the distribution network. It presents a simulation model of a whole photovoltaic power plant including the solar cells, boost converter with maximal power point tracking, voltage-oriented control and inductor-capacitor-inductor (LCL) filter. In such a sense, the applied inverter has many advantages such as a controllable power factor and sinusoidal input current, while the switching frequency of the power switch is relatively high. Therefore, it could cause high-frequency harmonics around the switching frequency. The traditional way of solving these problems is the usage of LCL filters, where the basic requirement is to achieve sufficient filtering with inductor and capacitor values as small as possible. In addition, emphasis is given to a comparison between two optimisation methods – particle swarm optimisation and differential evolution that are used for the parameters of proportional–integral (PI) controllers determination. These PI controllers represent the main part of the voltage-oriented control.

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