Critical Study of Several MPPT Techniques for Photovoltaic Systems

Abstract

This paper presents a critical study of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) techniques for photovoltaic systems. After a brief introduction of the key factors for power extraction of photovoltaic panels, a review of commonly used MPPT techniques is presented and detailed with a holistic approach. Then, a comparison of these techniques is made according to several parameters such as robustness, response time, cost ... In the last part, the advantages and disadvantages of each of the MPPT techniques considered are presented. This article can serve as a quick guide to panel selection and MPPT technique for specific applications.

A positiveoutput‐superlift Luo converter fed brushless DC motor drive using alternative energy sources

“…The performance evaluation of different conventional algorithms is available in the literature to extract maximum power issues, which are perturb and observe (P&O) method, Hill climbing (HC) method, incremental conductance (INC-COND) method, fractional short-circuit current (FSCC), and fractional open-circuit voltage (FOCV), irrespective of environmental conditions. 1,2 The drawbacks of these techniques are that of low tracking efficiency, low response speed, high implementation cost, and complex computational efforts. The convenient method to track maximum power under dynamic response thus becomes inevitable.…”