Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2018, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (5): 745-754.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1854

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MPPT control of a incremental conductance method with optimized variable step size

HU Kewei, RAN Feng, QIN Jiaqi, JI Yuan()   

  1. Microelectronic Research and Development Center, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2016-10-31 Online:2018-10-30 Published:2018-10-26
  • Contact: JI Yuan E-mail:jiyuan@shu.edu.cn

Abstract:

As output characteristics of photovoltaic cells change with the change of environment, reasonable maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is a key in improving efficiency of a photovoltaic system. However, there is an inherent contradiction between tracking speed and steady-state accuracy in a fixed step algorithm. The traditional variable step algorithm lacks flexibility, and has a slow start speed, limiting tracking quality of MPPT. An improved variable step incremental conductance method is proposed to solve this problem. The algorithm can select a reasonable proportion coefficient for tracking according to different work locations to overcome problems in the traditional variable step size algorithm. Simulation with Matlab/Simulink shows feasibility of the algorithm under varying illumination conditions.

Key words: photovoltaic cell, maximum power point tracking (MPPT), variable step incremental conductance method, tracking ratio coefficient, phased incremental conductance method

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