Abstract
Renewable energy resources are gaining a lot of popularity. Several researchers have worked on the tracking and extraction of energy from these sources. In the past few decades, among the available green energy resources, wind energy has been the most attractive option among the resources available. It is imperative to use the maximum power available in the wind to achieve the wind turbine (WT) operation at maximum power. The maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms are a pioneer in this context. Many research papers are contributed in this domain which necessitates a thorough review while choosing an appropriate technique. This paper comprehensively focuses on reviewing different algorithms in the past and present for tracking maximum power point, and capturing maximized output power from the wind energy conversion system (WECS). In this paper, the algorithms are classified based on the direct and indirect power measurement, hybrid and smart algorithms for tracking maximum power point, and they are compared, considering the parameters like complexity, convergence speed, use of sensors, memory requirement, need for knowledge of system parameters, etc. The immense popularity of the different versions of perturb and observe (P&O) based algorithms due to their various features is evident from the literature. The review reveals that the hybrid maximum power point tracking algorithms can use the advantages of the conventional methods and eliminate their drawbacks.
Highlights
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.With the ever-increasing prices, the increasing need for conventional fuels, and the decline in their availability, renewable energy resources such as wind energy are gaining immense popularity
Various maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controllers are described in the literature, and all of them operate in this region and capture the maximum amount of power contained in the wind
The problems that occur in the conventional P&O (CPO) MPPT algorithm of oscillations around the MPP, the trade-off between speed and efficiency, and change in the wrong direction under a rapid change in the wind speed are overcome by combining it with other algorithms
Summary
Citation: Pande, J.; Nasikkar, P.; Kotecha, K.;Varadarajan, V. A Review of Maximum Power Point Tracking Conversion Systems. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia These authors contributed equally to this work.
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