A Comprehensive Review of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Techniques Used in Solar PV Systems

Renewable Energy technologies are becoming suitable options for fast and reliable universal electricity access for all. Solar photovoltaic, being one of the RE technologies, produces variable output power (due to variations in solar radiation, cell, and ambient temperatures), and the modules used have low conversion efficiency. Therefore, maximum power point trackers are needed to harvest more power from the sun and to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic systems. This paper reviews the methods used for maximum power point tracking in photovoltaic systems. These methods have been classified into conventional, intelligent, optimization, and hybrid techniques. A comparison has also been made of the different…

• NM
  Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
• AU
  African Union
• UO
  Utdannings- og forskningsdepartementet