Enhancement maximum power point tracking of PV systems using different algorithms

Abstract EN

In the last decades, the use of renewable energy resources instead of fossil fuels pollution has increased exponentially to overcome the rapid growth of energy demand.

This paper, presents a Perturb and Observe (P&O) algorithm and Incremental conductance technique for extracting the maximum power from a stand-alone PV for use in pumping system.

The PV system comprises a solar panel, DC-DC boost converter, MPPT and permanent DC motor driving a Centrifugal pump.

Results are accomplished by modelling and simulating the complete MPPT with PV pumping system using MATLAB / Simulink.

MPPT algorithms performance is measured to confirm its significantly improved power extraction performance under different sunlight condition.