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Lookup NU author(s): Saleh Babaa, Dr Matthew Armstrong, Professor Volker Pickert
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Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controllers play an important role in photovoltaic systems. They maximize the output power of a PV array for a given set of conditions. This paper presents an overview of the different MPPT techniques. Each technique is evaluated on its ability to detect multiple maxima, convergence speed, ease of implementation, efficiency over a wide output power range, and cost of implementation. The perturbation and observation (P & O), and incremental conductance (IC) algorithms are widely used techniques, with many variants and optimization techniques reported. For this reason, this paper evaluates the performance of these two common approaches from a dynamic and steady state perspective.
Author(s): Babaa S, Armstrong M, Pickert V
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Power and Energy Engineering
Year: 2014
Volume: 2
Pages: 59-72
Online publication date: 27/08/2014
Acceptance date: 27/08/2014
Date deposited: 22/08/2016
ISSN (print): 2327-588X
ISSN (electronic): 2327-5901
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jpee.2014.28006
DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2014.28006
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