A Literature Review of Maximum Power Point tracking from a PV array with high Efficiency

  Sakshi Gupta,  Neha Sharma

As the consumption of the energy is increasing day by day, idea of exploring renewable energy sources are also growing. Due to our limited energy sources, renewable energy sources are the future. Significant progress has been made over the last few years in the research and development of renewable energy Among these resources, solar energy is considered one of the most reliable renewable energy source. However, solar energy systems generally suffer from their low efficiencies and high costs. In order to overcome these drawbacks, maximum power should be extracted from the PV panel using MPPT techniques to optimize the efficiency of overall PV system. The energy conversion efficiency of a PV generation system (PGS) is low because the solar cell exhibits nonlinear current versus voltage (I–V) and power versus voltage (P–V) characteristics. These nonlinear characteristics are functions of weather conditions such as solar insulation and panel temperature. In order to maintain efficient operation, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm which has quick response and can extract maximum power from the PV arrays in real time becomes essential in PGSs.

Keywords- Photovoltaic cell, PV cell working temperature, multi junction solar cell, MPPT, MATLAB/Simulink

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1601028
Page Number(s) - 157-161
Pubished in - Volume 4 | Issue 1 | February 2016
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Sakshi Gupta,  Neha Sharma,   "A Literature Review of Maximum Power Point tracking from a PV array with high Efficiency", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.4, Issue 1, pp.157-161, February 2016, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1601028.pdf