Modified variable step incremental-conductance MPPT technique for photovoltaic system

摘要： Maximum power point (MPP) Tracking, which is usually referred as MPPT, is a setup that forces the photovoltaic (PV) module to operate in such a way that the PV module will yield the maximum power, which in turn depend upon the solar illumination and surrounding temperature. Amidst all the MPPT designs, perturb & observe and incremental conductance (INC) algorithms are mostly selected due to easy implementation and good tracking credibility. The conventional MPPTs based on fixed step size give less power output and at every step tracking is required for new location due to random variation is a tedious job. In this paper the variable step size INC-MPPT technique is proposed which automatically tracks the next step size to maximize the power output. The comprehensive comparison is presented using MATLAB/SIMULINK between conventional and improved MPPT.