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Mr. Ibrahim Harbi
Technical Universit of Munich

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0 Renewable energies
0 Multilevel converters
0 predictive control
0 Photovoltaic energy
0 Power electronics converters, Topologies and control

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Research article electrical engineering
Published: 12 July 2021 in Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
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Photovoltaic (PV) power systems are integrated with high penetration levels into the grid. This in turn encourages several modifications for grid codes to sustain grid stability and resilience. Recently, constant power management and regulation is a very common approach, which is used to limit the PV power production. Thus, this article proposes dual-mode power generation algorithm for grid-connected PV systems. The developed system considers the two-stage PV configuration for implementation, where the dual-mode power generation technique is executed within the DC–DC conversion (boost) stage. Most of the techniques adopted for dual-mode power operation employ the conventional perturb and observe method, which is known with unsatisfactory performance at fast-changing atmospheric conditions. Considering this issue, this study suggests a modified maximum power point tracker for power extraction. Furthermore, a new adaptive DC-link controller is developed to improve the DC-link voltage profile at different operating conditions. The adaptive DC-link controller is compared with the traditional PI controller for voltage regulation. The inverter control is accomplished using finite-set model predictive control with two control objectives, namely reference current tracking and switching frequency minimization. The overall control methodology is evaluated at different atmospheric and operating conditions using MATLAB/Simulink software.

ACS Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel; Mohamed Abdelrahem. Dual-Mode Power Operation for Grid-Connected PV Systems with Adaptive DC-link Controller. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 2021, 1 -15.

AMA Style

Mostafa Ahmed, Ibrahim Harbi, Ralph Kennel, Mohamed Abdelrahem. Dual-Mode Power Operation for Grid-Connected PV Systems with Adaptive DC-link Controller. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 2021; ():1-15.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel; Mohamed Abdelrahem. 2021. "Dual-Mode Power Operation for Grid-Connected PV Systems with Adaptive DC-link Controller." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering , no. : 1-15.

Original paper
Published: 24 February 2021 in Electrical Engineering
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Sensorless strategies become very popular in modern control techniques because they increase the system reliability. Besides, they can be used as back-up control in case of sensor failure. In this paper, a DC-link sensorless control approach is developed, which is suited for grid-connected PV systems. The studied system is a two-stage PV scheme, where the DC–DC stage (boost converter) is controlled using an adaptive step-size perturb and observe (P&O) method. Further, the inverter control is accomplished by voltage oriented control (VOC). Generally, the VOC is implemented with two cascaded control loops, namely an outer voltage loop and an inner current loop. However, in this work, the outer loop is avoided and the reference current is generated using a losses model for the system. The losses model accounts for the most significant losses in the PV system. Moreover, particle swarm optimization (PSO) is utilized to compensate for the unmodeled losses. The PSO is executed offline for the purpose of calculation burden reduction. The proposed approach simplifies the cascaded VOC strategy and eliminates the DC-link voltage sensor, which in turn decreases the cost of the system. Finally, the proposed technique is compared with the conventional one at different atmospheric conditions and validated using MATLAB simulation results.

ACS Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Ahmed Farhan; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel. DC-link sensorless control strategy for grid-connected PV systems. Electrical Engineering 2021, 1 -11.

AMA Style

Mostafa Ahmed, Mohamed Abdelrahem, Ahmed Farhan, Ibrahim Harbi, Ralph Kennel. DC-link sensorless control strategy for grid-connected PV systems. Electrical Engineering. 2021; ():1-11.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Ahmed Farhan; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel. 2021. "DC-link sensorless control strategy for grid-connected PV systems." Electrical Engineering , no. : 1-11.

Journal article
Published: 17 December 2020 in Energies
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In this article, a modified control structure for a single-stage three phase grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system is presented. In the proposed system, the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) function is developed using a new adaptive model-based technique, in which the maximum power point (MPP) voltage can be precisely located based on the characteristics of the PV source. By doing so, the drift problem associated with the traditional perturb and observe (P&O) technique can be easily solved. Moreover, the inverter control is accomplished using a predictive dead-beat function, which directly estimates the required reference voltages from the commanded reference currents. Then, the reference voltages are applied to a space vector pulse width modulator (SVPWM) for switching state generation. Furthermore, the proposed inverter control avoids the conventional and known cascaded loop structure of the voltage oriented control (VOC) method by elimination of the outer PI controller, and hence the overall control strategy is simplified. The proposed system is compared with different MPPT techniques, including the conventional P&O method and other techniques intended for drift avoidance. The evaluation of the suggested control methodology depends on various radiation profiles created in MATLAB. The proposed technique succeeds at capturing the maximum available power from the PV source with no drift in comparison with other methods.

ACS Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel. An Adaptive Model-Based MPPT Technique with Drift-Avoidance for Grid-Connected PV Systems. Energies 2020, 13, 6656 .

AMA Style

Mostafa Ahmed, Mohamed Abdelrahem, Ibrahim Harbi, Ralph Kennel. An Adaptive Model-Based MPPT Technique with Drift-Avoidance for Grid-Connected PV Systems. Energies. 2020; 13 (24):6656.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel. 2020. "An Adaptive Model-Based MPPT Technique with Drift-Avoidance for Grid-Connected PV Systems." Energies 13, no. 24: 6656.

Conference paper
Published: 02 November 2020 in 2020 5th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID)
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Predictive control provides many advantages over conventional control techniques. Thus, in this paper, a comparative study between the predictive direct current control (PDCC) and predictive direct power control (PDPC) is investigated. The study focuses on applying these control strategies with renewable energy systems (RESs), especially photovoltaic (PV) ones. RESs are integrated with high penetration into the grid, and they must satisfy certain regulations to sustain the grid stability. The studied system consists of a PV array and boost converter followed by two-level inverter to enable the grid connection, where the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) function is accomplished by an adaptive step-size method. The adopted technique here is perturb and observe (P&O) method. The control of active and reactive power is performed using PDPC and PDCC for the purpose of evaluation in terms of power quality, total harmonic distortion (THD), average switching frequency, implementation, calculation burden, etc. The system is validated by simulation results via Matlab platform under various operating conditions.

ACS Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel. Evaluation of Predictive Direct Current and Direct Power Control for Grid-connected PV Systems. 2020 5th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID) 2020, 1 -6.

AMA Style

Mostafa Ahmed, Mohamed Abdelrahem, Ibrahim Harbi, Ralph Kennel. Evaluation of Predictive Direct Current and Direct Power Control for Grid-connected PV Systems. 2020 5th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID). 2020; ():1-6.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Mostafa Ahmed; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Ibrahim Harbi; Ralph Kennel. 2020. "Evaluation of Predictive Direct Current and Direct Power Control for Grid-connected PV Systems." 2020 5th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID) , no. : 1-6.

Journal article
Published: 27 September 2020 in Sustainability
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This paper proposes a finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC) with a reduced computational burden for a single-phase grid-connected modified packed U-cell multilevel inverter (MPUC-MLI) with two control objectives: reference current tracking and switching frequency minimization. The considered competitive topology consists of two units with six active switches and two DC sources in each unit, allowing the generation of 49 levels in the output voltage, which is considered a significant reduction in the active and passive components compared to the conventional and recently developed topologies of multilevel inverters (MLIs). This topology has 49 different switching states, which means that 49 predictions of the future current and 49 calculations of the cost function are required for each evaluation of the conventional FCS-MPC. Accordingly, the computational load is heavy. Thus, this paper presents two reduced-complexity FCS-MPC methods to reduce the calculation burden. The first technique reduces the computational load almost to half by computing the reference voltage and dividing the states of the MLI into two sets. Based on the reference voltage polarity, one set is defined and evaluated to specify the optimal state, which has a minimal cost function. However, in the second proposed method, only three states of the 49 states are evaluated each iteration, achieving a significant reduction in the execution time and superior control performance compared to the conventional FCS-MPC. A mathematical analysis is conducted based on the reference voltage value to locate the three vectors under evaluation. In the second part of the paper, the sensitivity to parameter variations for the proposed simplified FCS-MPC is investigated and tackled by employing an extended Kalman filter (EKF). In addition, noise related to variable measurement is filtered in the proposed system with the EKF. The simulation investigation was performed using MATLAB/Simulink to validate the system under different operating conditions.

ACS Style

Ibrahim Harbi; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Mostafa Ahmed; Ralph Kennel. Reduced-Complexity Model Predictive Control with Online Parameter Assessment for a Grid-Connected Single-Phase Multilevel Inverter. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7997 .

AMA Style

Ibrahim Harbi, Mohamed Abdelrahem, Mostafa Ahmed, Ralph Kennel. Reduced-Complexity Model Predictive Control with Online Parameter Assessment for a Grid-Connected Single-Phase Multilevel Inverter. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (19):7997.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ibrahim Harbi; Mohamed Abdelrahem; Mostafa Ahmed; Ralph Kennel. 2020. "Reduced-Complexity Model Predictive Control with Online Parameter Assessment for a Grid-Connected Single-Phase Multilevel Inverter." Sustainability 12, no. 19: 7997.

Journal article
Published: 17 February 2018 in International Journal of Electronics
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This paper presents a high-levels multilevel inverter (MLI) with a reduced number of the required switches. Forty-nine levels can be obtained in the output voltage from this circuit by using only twelve semiconductor switches, while in conventional topologies of MLI, a higher number of switches is required producing a lower number of levels in the output voltage. Reduction in the number of semiconductor switches, gate drivers, DC voltage sources and increasing the number of voltage levels are advantages of the proposed MLI compared with other topologies. These advantages result in smaller size, lower loss and low installation cost. Total harmonic distortion (THD) in the output waveform of the inverter is very low, thus, using a filter to improve the output waveform is not needed. A switching pulse system has been presented to produce nearly sinusoidal waveforms. Mathematical relations and switching states of the proposed topology have been discussed. Simulation results have been obtained and studied. The prototype of the modified MLI has been built and tested in the laboratory using a dSPACE (DS1104) evaluation board in order to verify the simulation results. Several of the experimental results of the proposed topology have been included and discussed.

ACS Style

Ibrahim Harbi; Haitham Z. Azazi; Azza E. Lashine; Awad E. Elsabbe. A higher levels multilevel inverter with reduced number of switches. International Journal of Electronics 2018, 105, 1286 -1299.

AMA Style

Ibrahim Harbi, Haitham Z. Azazi, Azza E. Lashine, Awad E. Elsabbe. A higher levels multilevel inverter with reduced number of switches. International Journal of Electronics. 2018; 105 (8):1286-1299.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ibrahim Harbi; Haitham Z. Azazi; Azza E. Lashine; Awad E. Elsabbe. 2018. "A higher levels multilevel inverter with reduced number of switches." International Journal of Electronics 105, no. 8: 1286-1299.

Original article
Published: 01 January 2015 in ERJ. Engineering Research Journal
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I.A. Harbi; Haitham Z. Azazi; Azza E. Lashine; Awad. Elsabbe. A Modified Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Number of Power Electronic Components. ERJ. Engineering Research Journal 2015, 38, 1 -8.

AMA Style

I.A. Harbi, Haitham Z. Azazi, Azza E. Lashine, Awad. Elsabbe. A Modified Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Number of Power Electronic Components. ERJ. Engineering Research Journal. 2015; 38 (1):1-8.

Chicago/Turabian Style

I.A. Harbi; Haitham Z. Azazi; Azza E. Lashine; Awad. Elsabbe. 2015. "A Modified Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Number of Power Electronic Components." ERJ. Engineering Research Journal 38, no. 1: 1-8.