Renewable Distributed Generation [ECL4007]

A public project archive for coursework on renewable distributed generation, power-electronics-based energy conversion, and simulation-driven system analysis.

This page summarizes the core engineering work and provides the public materials prepared for external review, including slides and reports for Project 1 and Project 2.

Overview

• Course: Renewable Distributed Generation [ECL4007]
• Focus: PV generation, distributed energy systems, converter modeling, MPPT control, and battery-connected renewable power systems
• Main tools: MATLAB / Simulink, datasheet-based component modeling, reference-paper review, simulation analysis

Project 1 — PV Charging System with MPPT Control

Built and analyzed a photovoltaic charging system connecting a PV array to a high-voltage battery through a boost converter.

Key work:

• Modeled a three-series PV string using LG NeON R LG350Q1C-A5 module specifications.
• Used Seoul irradiance and temperature data from September 13, 2022 as time-varying environmental inputs.
• Designed the PV-to-battery conversion stage around a boost converter operating at 100 kHz with an inductor ripple-current constraint.
• Implemented and compared Perturb & Observe and Incremental Conductance MPPT algorithms.
• Connected the converter output to the LG Chem RESU10H battery operating range and discussed battery-side voltage/current constraints.
• Reviewed PV modeling and microgrid-control references to justify the simulation structure and MPPT implementation.

What this project demonstrates:

• Datasheet-based renewable energy modeling
• Power electronics system interpretation
• MPPT algorithm implementation and comparison