performance evaluation of advanced control strategies for renewable energy integration – Science https://scienmag.com Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://scienmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-scienmag_ico-32x32.jpg performance evaluation of advanced control strategies for renewable energy integration – Science https://scienmag.com 32 32 73899611 Simulation and real-time tests assess enhanced TOGI control for grid-connected solar PV–EV charging https://scienmag.com/simulation-and-real-time-tests-assess-enhanced-togi-control-for-grid-connected-solar-pv-ev-charging/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:35:30 +0000 https://scienmag.com/?p=325729 A simulation and real-time hardware-in-the-loop study reports that an enhanced third-order generalized integrator (ETOGI) control framework can support bidirectional power management in a grid-connected solar photovoltaic–electric vehicle charging system. The study examined charging and discharging under static and dynamic operating conditions, with the abstract indicating lower current harmonic distortion and effective power management.

According to the study abstract, the proposed approach was used to control a bidirectional voltage-source converter. The researchers implemented and analyzed the model in Simulink, then tested it using an OPAL-RT real-time platform. The supplied evidence does not provide the numerical converter-loss values, harmonic-distortion results, power-flow measurements or details of the test setup, so the reported performance cannot be independently quantified from the abstract alone.

The study also compared Selective Harmonic Elimination Pulse Width Modulation with Phase Disposition Pulse Width Modulation. The abstract identifies total converter losses and harmonics as the performance criteria for this comparison, but it does not report the values obtained for either method or specify whether one modulation approach performed better.

These findings are limited to the modeled and real-time-tested configuration described in the abstract. They do not constitute evidence from a field deployment or a long-term operational trial, and the source does not report testing across multiple sites, vehicles, battery chemistries or grid conditions. The authors characterized the configuration as a reliable and efficient option for grid-connected solar PV-based EV charging applications, based on the reported power-management, loss-comparison and power-quality evaluations.

Subject of Research: Real-time evaluation of enhanced TOGI control for bidirectional solar PV–EV charging systems

Article Title: An enhanced TOGI-based control framework for seamless bidirectional energy management in grid-connected solar PV–EV charging systems

Article References: Malle, L., Udumula, R. R., & Nizami, T. K. (2026). An enhanced TOGI-based control framework for seamless bidirectional energy management in grid-connected solar PV–EV charging systems. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-76232-2

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-76232-2

Keywords: solar photovoltaic, electric vehicle charging, bidirectional power flow, ETOGI control, voltage-source converter, power quality, current harmonics, converter losses, Simulink simulation, OPAL-RT, enhanced, TOGI-based

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