General Overview of Maximum Power Point Tracking Methods for Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems

Subject Areas : International Journal of Smart Electrical Engineering

Mostafa  Jalalian Ebrahimi ¹ (Department of Electrical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2016-01-29 Accepted : 2016-01-29 Published : 2015-09-01

Keywords: Neural network, Photovoltaic system, Maximum power tracking, as perturb and observe,

Abstract :

Maximum power point tracking controller is essential to obtain the maximum power from a solar array in the photovoltaic systems as the PV power module varies with the temperature and solar irradiation. In this paper, several methods for the MPPT of the PV systems are discussed and it can to be used as a Helpful reference for the upcoming MPPT user in the PV applications.