A Novel MPPT Technique Based on Mutual Coordination between Two PV Modules/Arrays

Ali Faisal Murtaza, Hadeed Ahmed Sher, Filippo Spertino, Alessandro Ciocia, Abdullah M. Noman, Abdullrahman A. Al-Shamma’a and Abdulaziz Alkuhayli
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Ali Faisal Murtaza: Faculty of Engineering, University of Central Punjab (UCP), Lahore 54590, Pakistan
Hadeed Ahmed Sher: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi 23460, Pakistan
Filippo Spertino: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Alessandro Ciocia: Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Abdullah M. Noman: Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Abdullrahman A. Al-Shamma’a: Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Alkuhayli: Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: A novel maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique based on mutual coordination of two photovoltaic (PV) modules/arrays has been proposed for distributed PV (DPV) systems. The proposed technique works in two stages. Under non-mismatch conditions between PV modules/arrays, superior performance stage 1 is active, which rectifies the issues inherited by the perturb and observe ( P & O ) MPPT. In this stage, the technique revolves around the perturb and observe ( P & O ) algorithm containing an intelligent mechanism of leader and follower between two arrays. In shading conditions, stage 2 is on, and it works like conventional P & O . Graphical analysis of the proposed technique has been presented under different weather conditions. Simulations of different algorithms have been performed in Matlab/Simulink. Simulation results of the proposed technique compliment the graphical analysis and show a superior performance and a fast response as compared to others, thus increasing the efficiency of distributed PV systems.

Keywords: photovoltaic (PV); maximum power point tracking (MPPT); perturb and observe ( P & O ); distributed PV (DPV) systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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