MPPT of PV systems under partial shaded conditions using flower pollination algorithm

This paper reports the use of flower pollination algorithm (FPA) for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in a partially shaded photovoltaic (PV) array. The proposed algorithm is very powerful in solving constrained and unconstrained optimization problems. The advantages of this algorithm are its fast convergence and robustness. The performance of the proposed algorithm is studied for different shading patterns in a PV array and its tracking performance is compared with that of the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. The performance of this algorithm is validated through simulation results.