Real-Time Implementation of Energy Management for Photovoltaic/Battery/Diesel Hybrid System Based on LabVIEW

Doaa Mohamed Atia, Hanaa Tolba El-Madany, Yousry Atia, Mohamed zahran

Abstract


This paper presented a complete design and simulation of a PV battery diesel hybrid system for supplying agriculture farming demands in remote areas. A power management subsystem for monitoring and controlling a PV battery diesel hybrid system (PVBDHS) was proposed. A simple monitoring system has been designed using LabVIEW Interface for the Arduino. LabVIEW program Interface for the Arduino (LIFA) was used to monitor PVBDHS parameters; DC bus voltage, PV current, battery current and load current power in real-time to overcome the data acquisition. The Arduino Uno microcontroller board was used as a data acquisition medium to collect data from the PVBDHS. The embedded control board was designed based on the Arduino UNO board. The embedded control board used a voltage sensor and current sensor at a low cost and the data are transmitted from the hardware to the LabVIEW program by using written interfacing software. Finally, a pilot plant of PVBDHS was implemented and tested. The results showed the ability of the energy management subsystem to monitor and control PVBDHS system operation with real-time conditions. The results were reliable and stable and prove the accurate function of system operation.

Keywords


Hybrid power systems; photovoltaic; power management; embedded controller; LabVIEW; Arduino.

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