Artificial Intelligence for Solar Photovoltaic Systems

4 Conventional Techniques for Maximum Power Point Tracking

Shilpi Yadav, Kamlesh K. Bharti, Vijay Kumar Tewari, Santosh Kumar Tripathi, and Rajesh Kumar

Rajkiya Engineering College

DOI: 10.1201/9781003222286-4

CONTENTS

• 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Need for Solar Energy
• 4.2 Solar Energy
• 4.3 Need of MPPT
• 4.4 MPPT
  • 4.4.1 MPPT Solar Charge Controller
• 4.5 Conventional MPPT Techniques
  • 4.5.1 Perturb and Observe (P&O) MPPT Technique
  • 4.5.2 Variable Step Size (VSS) P&O MPPT Method
  • 4.5.3 Modified P&O
  • 4.5.4 Simulation Results of P&O MPPT Technique
  • 4.5.5 Incremental Conductance (I&C) MPPT Technique
• 4.6 Conclusion
• References

4.1 Introduction

The advancement of human civilization has resulted in rapid industrialization, which has been accompanied by ...