复杂天气状况下的太阳能混合跟踪系统及控制判据

    Solar hybrid tracking system under complex weather conditions and control criterion

    • 摘要: 为了解决传统太阳能混合跟踪控制判据范围宽泛,不能准确识别天气情况的问题,该研究设计了一种复杂天气状况下的太阳能混合跟踪系统。通过分析非聚光与聚光条件下系统运行在不同跟踪策略下的跟踪特性,结合天气特征,提出以辐照度识别天气状况的多阈值控制判据。控制判据将天气划分为辐照度波动天气、高辐照度天气、低辐照度天气与辐照度极低天气,装置可根据外界气象变化自动调整光电跟踪、视日运动轨迹跟踪或固定倾角控制模式。该系统搭建Node-Red总控平台,采用并行控制,优化混合跟踪策略,控制信号稳定输出。试验结果表明:应用该判据的混合跟踪系统工作性能优良,非聚光条件下系统平均发电功率分别高出光电跟踪与视日运动轨迹跟踪0.03和0.16 W,聚光条件下系统平均发电功率达到0.81 W,高出光电跟踪0.03 W,高出视日运动轨迹跟踪0.55 W,由此可知,该系统能够提升光伏发电的输出电能,为太阳能混合跟踪系统的跟踪方式切换提供了理论依据。

       

      Abstract: Solar tracking technology has been widely used in large power stations, photovoltaic agriculture, and green building industry. Among them, hybrid tracking can be expected to consider both photoelectric and solar trajectory tracking. However, it is still lacking in the accurate evaluation of different weather conditions, due to the excessively broad control criterion in the solar hybrid tracking using light intensity, and the vague conditions for the weather identification. In this research, a solar hybrid tracking system was designed under complex weather conditions. Moreover, a multi-threshold control criterion was proposed to divide the weather conditions. The tracking characteristics of the system were analyzed under different tracking strategies in the concentrated and non-concentrated environments, combined with the weather conditions. The control criterion was classified into irradiance fluctuation, high irradiance, low and extremely low irradiance weather. As such, the photoelectric and solar trajectory tracking automatically adjusted, or fixed the inclination angle, according to the external weather changes. Firstly, the prototype of a hybrid tracking system was developed for solar power generation. Specifically, the Raspberry Pi 4B controlled by Node-Red was used as the control core, and the signal was divided by the analog switch of CD4052. At the same time, the photoelectric tracking signal and the fixed inclination angle placement signal were outputted by Arduino, whereas, the tracking signal of the solar trajectory was outputted by STM32F407. Three-way parallel control was adopted to avoid interference with each other in the different control strategies. Secondly, a series of tracking tests were carried out to determine the foundation for the switching of the tracking system under concentrated and non-concentrated light conditions. The switching criteria were summarized for the hybrid tracking system since the tracking performance of the system varied depending on the weather and the tracking mode. The irradiance and power generation curves were also determined that the system received under various tracking strategies. A hybrid tracking scheme was developed to investigate the influence of weather on irradiance characteristics, in order to keep tracking the temperature change of battery panels. The irradiance and temperature curves demonstrated that the irradiance was the primary determinant of the variance in PV cell output, while the temperature remained constant. As a result, the hybrid tracking system can be expected to track the high irradiance for higher power production. Finally, the tracking prototype was tested to verify the impact of the criterion program on the hybrid tracking system. The test results showed that the average power generation of a no-concentrated hybrid tracking system on a sunny day was 0.03 and 0.16 W higher than that of photoelectric and solar trajectory tracking. Additionally, the average power generation of the concentrated hybrid tracking system on a sunny day was 0.81, which was 0.03 and 0.55 W higher than that of photoelectric and solar trajectory tracking. Anyway, the experiment verified the feasibility of the developed device. The new criterion can also provide a promising idea for hybrid tracking technology under complex weather.

       

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