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Technical assessment of power interface to utilize untapped power of decentralized solar pumps for positive impact in livelihoods

  • Varjana Hemant Kumar ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Ramnarayan Patel , Lalit Kumar Sahu and Yugal Kishor
Published/Copyright: September 25, 2023
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International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems
From the journal International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems Volume 25 Issue 6

Abstract

This paper proposes the implementation of a power electronics interface for driving agricultural loads. The interface would utilize the untapped power generated by pre-installed solar-photovoltaic (SPV) based pumping systems during non-pumping periods. This architecture is used to increase the percentage utilization of the SPV pumping system, which is currently at around 50 %. The implemented system includes a dual stage converter, consisting of a boost converter and an H-bridge inverter, to facilitate the interface between low-voltage (LV) SPV systems and single-phase AC agricultural loads, while maintaining the desired voltage level. The key advantage of this system is its transformer less operation to boost SPV output from 90 V DC to 220 V AC, resulting in reduced size and cost. This paper presents an analysis of the operating modes, system modeling, validation in simulation, and experimental implementation of 1 kW system. Additionally, an improved step-size perturb and observe (P&O) technique is employed in the implemented interface to extract optimum power from a SPV. This interface is suitable for incorporating an off-grid SPV pump to power other loads during non-pumping and sunny hours. Furthermore, a comparison of the proposed interface with existing structures demonstrates operational superiority. Furthermore, the system can be efficiently used to drive various single-phase agrarian loads for farmers’ use in unelectrified remote areas.

Keywords: agrivoltaic; DC-DC boost converter; induction motor; solar pump; single-phase H-bridge voltage source inverter
Corresponding author: Varjana Hemant Kumar, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, C.G., India, E-mail:

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  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: V. H. Kumar: Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Software, Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Software. Ramnarayan Patel: Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing. L. K. Sahu: Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing. Y. Kishor: Visualization, Writing – review & editing.

  3. Competing interests: There are no conflicts of interest among the authors.

  4. Research funding: No Funding.

  5. Data availability: The data was neither created nor utilized by the authors.

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Received: 2023-06-06
Accepted: 2023-08-18
Published Online: 2023-09-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijeeps-2023-0201
Keywords for this article
agrivoltaic; DC-DC boost converter; induction motor; solar pump; single-phase H-bridge voltage source inverter

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