Integral backstepping improvement versus classical and multiscalar backstepping controllers for water IM‐pump fed by backstepping MPPT PV source based on solar measurements in a tropical insular region

Abstract The work presented here deals with a comparison between integral, classical and multiscalar backstepping controllers applied for a PV water pumping system. The solar pumping system is controlled in its first part by a backstepping maximum power point tracking approach in order to extract a maximum power from solar panels. The second part, composed mainly by induction motor–pump is controlled by backstepping structures. The integral backstepping control structure gives interesting features in terms of stability using recursive Lyapunov design, increases robustness despite parameters variation, and provides good tracking and optimization performance. In order to validate the study with a real solar data, a measured irradiance profile is used to fed the PV system, based on solar measurements in tropical insular context. The measurements are collected at Sonapi site located in Haiti country. The fast variability of the tropical irradiance profile will allow to test the robustness of the used control algorithms and determine their limits. Simulation of the proposed solution is validated under Matlab/Simulink. Results demonstrate clearly that integral backstepping provides the best solution with a good tracking, and optimization performance: fast dynamic response and stable static power output, even when weather conditions (irradiation) are rapidly changing.