Performance Analysis of Conventional MPPT Techniques for a Solar PV System

Authors

  • Km Charu Department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, India
  • Padmanabh Thakur Department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, India
  • Fahim Ansari Department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/jgeu0975-1416.1121

Keywords:

Solar PV system, maximum power point tracking (MPPT), Perturb & Observe (P&O), constant current (CC)

Abstract

The effectiveness and accuracy of two different MPPT methods of solar photovoltaic (PV), namely Perturb & Observe (P&O) and Constant Current (CC) have been investigated in this study. The main objective of this study is to test the impacts of temperature and solar irradiance (insolation) variations on solar PV output power which are achieved through these methods. Usually, solar insolation and temperature are the two most important influencing factors that have a significant impact on the output power (Pout). Here, the two conventional MPPT techniques have been applied to analyze the response through power characteristics curves of solar PV systems subject to changing environmental conditions. The MPPT techniques have been implemented on the solar PV system using MATLAB®. Additionally, the output power curves at various irradiances are shown in this work. The research demonstrates that the P&O-based MPPT method outperforms the CC-based MPPT method.

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Author Biographies

Km Charu, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, India

Km Charu received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from COER, Roorkee, India, in 2016, and M. Tech. degree in control system from GEU, Dehradun, India, in 2019. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India. Her areas of research are Solar PV System, Control System, and Power Converter.

Padmanabh Thakur, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, India

Padmanabh Thakur received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT, Muzafferpur, India, in 1997, the M. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from RVDU, Udaipur, India, in 2008, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MNNIT Allahabad, India, in 2014. Currently, he is Professor in department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun and holding the responsibility of Associate Editor, IEEE Access. Dr. Thakur has various publications in journal and conference of repute in his name. Also, he has significant achievements in his academic career.

Fahim Ansari, Department of Electrical Engineering, Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, India

Fahim Ansari, presently working as professor in Graphic Era Deemed to be University Dehradun, He did B.Tech (EE), M.Tech (EE,) and PhD(EE) from NITTTR/Punjab university Chandigarh. His area of interest includes Renewable energy, Solar MPPT sytem, Power system operation and control, HV Engineering applications for microbes. He has delivered invited talk in many conferences. He has published more than 32 papers in SCI/Scopus Journals and conferences. He has also published two patents. He has worked as Professor in Buraydah Engineering College Saudi Arabia. He is reviewer of Elsevier, IEEE journals.

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Published

2023-04-19

How to Cite

Charu, K., Thakur, P., & Ansari, F. (2023). Performance Analysis of Conventional MPPT Techniques for a Solar PV System. Journal of Graphic Era University, 11(02), 117–132. https://doi.org/10.13052/jgeu0975-1416.1121

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2023: Vol 11 Iss 2

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