A New Study of Maximum Power Point Tracker Techniques and Comparison for PV Systems

The maximum power point tracker techniques vary in many aspects as simplicity, digital or analogical implementation, sensor required, convergence speed, range of effectiveness, implementation hardware,popularity, cost and in other aspects. This paper presents in details comparative study between two...

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Published in:Tikrit journal of engineering sciences 2016-07, Vol.23 (1), p.69-77
Main Authors: Ahmed M. Atallah, Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Maximum power point tracking (MPPT), Photovoltaic (PV), DC-DC converters
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Summary:The maximum power point tracker techniques vary in many aspects as simplicity, digital or analogical implementation, sensor required, convergence speed, range of effectiveness, implementation hardware,popularity, cost and in other aspects. This paper presents in details comparative study between two most popular  algorithm  technique  which  is  incremental  conductance  algorithm  and  perturb  and  observe algorithm.  Two  different  converters  buck  and  cuk  converter  use  for  comparative  in  this  study. Few comparisons such as efficiency, voltage, current and power output for each different combination have been recorded. Multi changes in irradiance, temperature by keeping voltage and current as main sensed parameter been done in the simulation. Matlab simulink tools have been used for performance evaluation on energy point. Simulation will consider different solar irradiance and temperature variations.
ISSN:1813-162X
2312-7589
DOI:10.25130/tjes.v23i1.552