ABSTRACT
The main objective of this paper is to establish technical and
economical aspects of the application of stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system
in sailing boat using a buck converter in order to enhance the power generation
and also to minimize the cost. Performance and control of dc-dc converter,
suitable for photovoltaic (PV) applications, is presented here. A buck
converter is employed here which extracts complete power from the PV source and
feeds into the dc load. The power, which is fed into the load, is sufficient to
drive a boat. With the help of matlab simulink software PV module and buck
model has been designed
and simulated and also compared with theoretical predictions.
KEYWORDS
1. Buck
Converter
2. Ideal
Switch
3. Matlab
Simulink
4. PV
5.
Solar Sailing Boat
SOFTWARE: MATLAB/SIMULINK
Figure 1. Schematic Diagram of PV
powered Sailing Boat
Figure 2. Simulation result of maximum
voltage, current and power in PV array
Figure 3. Simulation result of Buck
converter
Figure 4. Simulation result of PV with
Buck
CONCLUSION
Solar
PV powered sailing boat using buck converter is proposed here. The
effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is tested. This is a new and
innovative application which is fully environmental friendly and is almost
polution less. As the upper portion of the boat is unused, solar panels are
implemented in that portion quite easily, no extra space is required. Fuel cost
is not required in day time due to the presence of sunlight. lastly, energy pay
back period will be lesser than diesel run boat.
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