Minor Project Presentation

Phase 2
Design of Charge Controller for PV
Systems

Under the guidance of: Prof. Sushmita Sarkar

Presented By : Mohit Tiwari (1RV16EE033)

Harsh Kataria (1RV16EE023)
 OBJECTIVES MET
• Analysed various faults occurring in charge controller through
market study.
• We have successfully designed charge controller for Standalone
PV System.
• Study of Various Faults occurring in Charge Controller.
 Methodology

Analysing the
Analysis of
Market Survey effects of
data
Controller

Simulation of Investigation
Passing data to Charge and Diagnosis
Cloud Controller of faults.
 DESIGN OF CHARGE CONTROLLER

• Fault
 MARKET STUDY

• Faults and Warning messages possible in charge controller:

1) INPUT OVER VOLTAGE WARNING
2) BATTERY OVERVOLTAGE FAULT
3) BATTERY UNDERVOLTAGE FAULT
4) OUTPUT OVERCURRENT FAULT
5) UNIT OVER TEMPERATURE FAULT
6) BATTERY OVER TEMPERATURE FAULT
7) BATTERY SETUP CONFLICT FAULT
8) AUXILLARY OUTPUT OVERLOD FAULT
9) GROUND FAULT
 PROBLEMS FACED IN CHARGE CONTROLLER
OPERATION
PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Low light notification under all Reverse polarity connection of Verify pv polarity related to
conditions pv wires battery negative

Low panel output Array max power point < Check or reconfigure the array
nominal battery vltg

Ground fault warning Due to blowing of ground fault Replace ground fault protection
protection fuse, severe leakage fuse
between array and earth ground
 LITERATURE SURVEY

Sl. No. Title/Authors Research Content/ Key Findings

1. S. Sajeesh, S. Nithin, M. Jisma and S. K. Kottayil, "Pre-determination of system
design adequacy in PV installation," 2016 Biennial International Conference on
Power and Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energlblbkbkbhky (PESTSE)
• The paper has presented a method to predetermine the efficacy of a PV
system in meeting its performance targets and if required help optimize
the system design.
• The system chosen for the study is capable of meeting the local
demand, combining the direct PV output and the energy stored in the
battery.

Gaps: Does not consider days of autonomy of storage.

2. I. M. Peters, S. Watson, N. Sahraei and T. Buonassisi, "Global Design Aspects of
Persistent and Autonomous PV Powered Systems," 2017 IEEE 44th
Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
• Rather than only considering the solar panel area that is needed to
generate a certain average power, in this paper they investigate designs
of solar/battery systems that additionally generate a constant power
output.
• Battery capacity is analyzed in units of days of autonomy, and a strong
dependence with latitude is found.
• The cost for storage dominates the system cost

Gaps: Does not account for probabilistic loss of generation from

PV system.
TIMELINE