Title
Modified Incremental Conductance Algorithm for Photovoltaic System Under Partial Shading Conditions and Load Variation
Abstract
Under partial shading conditions, multiple peaks are observed in the power-voltage (P- V) characteristic curve of a photovoltaic (PV) array, and the conventional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms may fail to track the global maximum power point (GMPP). Therefore, this paper proposes a modified incremental conductance (Inc Cond) algorithm that is able to track the GMPP under partial shading conditions and load variation. A novel algorithm is introduced to modulate the duty cycle of the dc-dc converter in order to ensure fast MPPT process. Simulation and hardware implementation are carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm under partial shading and load variation. The results show that the proposed algorithm is able to track the GMPP accurately under different types of partial shading conditions, and the response during variation of load and solar irradiation are faster than the conventional Inc Cond algorithm. Hence, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm under partial shading condition and load variation is validated in this paper.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TIE.2014.2304921
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Keywords
Field
DocType
photovoltaic power systems,partial shading conditions,pv array,mppt algorithms,power-voltage characteristic curve,partial shading,modified incremental conductance algorithm,dc??dc converter,hardware implementation,solar irradiation,maximum power point tracking (mppt),p-v characteristic curve,inc cond algorithm,load irradiation,photovoltaic system,photovoltaic (pv) system,maximum power point trackers,gmpp,maximum power point tracking algorithms,dc-dc converter,incremental conductance (inc cond),global maximum power point,load variation,duty cycle
Control theory,Duty cycle,Algorithm,Maximum power point tracking,Conductance,Maximum power principle,Photovoltaic system,Mathematics,Shading
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
61
10
0278-0046
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
24
1.77
13
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kok Soon Tey1262.80
Saad Mekhilef215925.73