Owing to the evolution of the smart grid, the emergence of hybrid power systems (HPSs), and the proliferation of plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles, the development of efficient and robust maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms for renewable energy sources due to their inherent intermittent nature has overwhelmed the power industry. In this paper, an incremental conductance (IC) based Her...

This paper develops a PI-like interval type-2 (IT2) fuzzy maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control method for a class of wind power generation and battery charging systems with DC/DC buck converters. After the brief model descriptions of the wind power turbine, generator and DC/DC buck converter, the proposed MPPT controller is designed using IT2 fuzzy control logics and its asymptotical sta...

An intelligent control of photovoltaics is necessary to ensure fast response and high efficiency under different weather conditions. This is often arduous to accomplish using traditional linear controllers, as photovoltaic systems are nonlinear and contain several uncertainties. Based on the analysis of the existing literature of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) techniques, a high performanc...

The design of a Maximum Power Tracking (MPPT) controller for a solar photovoltaic system is proposed utilizing a buckconverter topology. Solar panel voltage and current are continuously monitored by a closed-loop microcontroller based control system, and the duty cycle of the buck converter will be continuously adjusted to extract the maximum power. MATLAB Simulation will be used for the initia...

A new development of Dual-MPPT algorithm for single-phase grid-connected photovoltaic generation systems under variation of irradiance is presented in this research. This method is extract the maximum available power from PV module by making them operates at the most efficient output and fastest transient response. In order to accelerate the tracking speed, an incremental conductance based inte...

Efficient maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is an important problem for renewable generation from photovoltaic systems. In this work, a current sensor based MPPT algorithm using adaptive step-size single ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) solar system proposed. Due to lower sensitivity of perturbation as compared the voltage one, such scheme shown yield better efficiency at steady-sta...

Variations of marine current speed can lead to strong fluctuations in the power extracted by a marine current turbine (MCT). During short-time period, swell effect is the main cause for the current speed variations. Conventional tip speed ratio Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm will require the MCT to accelerate or to decelerate frequently under swell effect, which can cause severe ...

Maximization of power from a solar photovoltaic (PV) module is of special interest as the efficiency of the solar PV system is very low. A maximum power point tracker (MPPT) is needed to operate the PV array at its maximum power point. The present work describes the design and implementation of a MPPT for the solar PV array connected to a resistive load. The design consists of a dc-dc boost con...