Analyzing and Comparative Study of the Efficiency of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Techniques in Photovoltaic Systems

This study allowed us to analyze three different maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control techniques in Photovoltaic (PV) systems. These MPPT methods designed by Incremental Conductance (INC), Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (PSO), and Adaptative Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (APSO) have been simulated to obtain the various system responses. A comparison between the performances of these MPPT algorithms have been completed to confirm the best characteristics of APSO method in terms of rapidity, accuracy and simplicity. Therefore, a different review angle is created in this work to provide a clear image of the technology of MPPT. To simulate various MPPT algorithms in Photovoltaic (PV) systems a MATLAB/Simulink power system toolbox is used.