| Title |
Design of the Unmanned Solar Vehicle with Quick Response of Maximum Power Point Tracking |
| Authors |
Yesl Shin ; Kyo-Beum Lee ; Yong-Ho Jeon ; Bong-Sob Song |
| DOI |
10.6113/TKPE/2013.18.4.376 |
| Keywords |
unmanned solar vehicle; maximum power point tracking(MPPT); photovoltaic battery charger; tapped-inductor boost converter |
| Abstract |
This paper proposes an improved Maximum Power Point Tracking method and design methods of unmanned solar vehicle system by parts of hardware, unmanned driving control and power conversion. The hardware design is offered on the weight reduction and structural reliability by using structural analysis software. The technique of curve fitting is applied to unmanned control system due to minimizing the vehicle’s behavior. Furthermore, lateral controller applying actuator dynamics is robust enough to prevent performance degradation by measurement noise regarding position and heading angle. The power conversion system contains battery charger system and tapped-inductor boost converter. In the battery charger system, variable step-size MPPT is conducted for quick response of maximum power point tracking. The validity of the proposed algorithm are verified by simulations and experiments. |