Abstract
An efficient maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller is a crucial part of solar photovoltaic (PV) system, which can handle the non-linear characteristics of a solar PV array. In this study, a proposed solar PV system with boost converter and dc load is modeled and compared according to the operating characteristics (i.e. voltage, current, power and efficiency under varying solar irradiance and cell temperature) using five conventional and modern MPPT techniques. The proposed solar PV system and MPPT controllers are modeled and simulated in MATLAB Simulink platform. Among these five MPPT controllers, artificial neural network (ANN) MPPT controller provides the highest efficiency of 97.55% and produces less voltage and power fluctuations. The novelty of this paper is that it focuses on the key characteristics and simulated results of the five MPPT techniques to make a comparison between them.
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