solar and MPPT modeling/simulation in LabView

[edo101]

Hello friends, I have been looking to see if its possible to do simulations of solar panel with MPPT algorithm and a load?

Something equivalent to this:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1E0NcPOYYM but without the grid stuff.

Mine would be just one Solar panel 50W with buck or boost converter, a battery as a load, although I would take a DC-AC inverter model that doesn't connect to the grid.

THanks

[mikeporter]

Yes you can. There is a simulation toolkit, but I have never had very good luck with it. My impression of it is that although it has been around for a long time it isn't used much and so isn't very mature as a product. Still I haven't used it in a few years so it may be better now.

Even without the toolkit you can do modeling in regular LabVIEW.

Mike...

[edo101]

I googled for the toolkit but couldn't really find anything.

Know any good tutorials on how to model in LabView?

[johnsold]

Modeling in LV is not different from modeling in any other language. You define the equations which produce a mathematical description of your system. Then you implement the evaluation of those equations in LV.

Some models can be trivially simple. For example: Model the current in a resistor as the applied voltage varies. Equation: Ohm's Law: I = E/R.  LabVIEW Program to implement model:

What part of this is giving you trouble? What have you tried?

Lynn