Marine Predator Algorithm (MPA)-Based MPPT Technique for Solar PV Systems under Partial Shading Conditions

Sampath Kumar Vankadara, Shamik Chatterjee, Praveen Kumar Balachandran and Lucian Mihet-Popa ()
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Sampath Kumar Vankadara: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144001, Punjab, India
Shamik Chatterjee: School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144001, Punjab, India
Praveen Kumar Balachandran: Department of EEE, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad 501218, Telangana, India
Lucian Mihet-Popa: Faculty of Information Technology, Engineering and Economics, Oestfold University College, 1757 Halden, Norway

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-16

Abstract: To satisfy global electrical energy requirements, photovoltaic (PV) energy is a promising source that can be obtained from the available alternative sources, but partial shading conditions (PSCs), which trap the local maxima power point instead of the global maxima peak power point (GMPP), are a major problem that needs to be addressed in PV systems to achieve the uninterruptable continuous power supply desired by consumers. To avoid these difficulties, a marine predator algorithm (MPA), which is a bio-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm, is applied in this work. The work is validated and executed using MATLAB/Simulink software along with hardware experimentation. The superiority of the proposed MPA method is validated using four different PSCs on the PV system, and their characteristics are compared to those of existing algorithms. The four different PSC outcomes in terms of GMPP are case 1 at 0.07 s 995.0 Watts; case 2 at 0.06 s 674.5 Watts; case 3 at 0.04 s 654.1 Watts; and case 4 at 0.04 s 364.2 Watts. The software- and hardware-validated results of the proposed MPA method show its supremacy in terms of convergence time, efficiency, accuracy, and extracted power.

Keywords: maximum power point tracking; solar photovoltaics; meta-heuristic algorithm; partial shading conditions (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: 2022
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