An Asymmetrical Fuzzy-Logic-Control-Based MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Systems

Chun-Liang Liu, Jing-Hsiao Chen, Yi-Hua Liu and Zong-Zhen Yang
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Chun-Liang Liu: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Jing-Hsiao Chen: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Yi-Hua Liu: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Zong-Zhen Yang: Electric Energy Technology Division Power Electronics Department, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Rm#839, Bldg. 51, No. 195, Sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu 31040, Taiwan

Energies, 2014, vol. 7, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: In this paper, a fuzzy-logic-control (FLC) based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm for photovoltaic (PV) systems is proposed. The power variation and output voltage variation are chosen as inputs of the proposed FLC, which simplifies the calculation. Compared with the conventional perturb and observe (P&O) method, the proposed FLC-based MPPT can simultaneously improve the dynamic and steady state performance of the PV system. To further improve the performance of the proposed method, an asymmetrical membership function (MF) concept is also proposed. Two design procedures are proposed to determine the universe of discourse (UOD) of the input MF. Comparing with the proposed symmetrical FLC-based MPPT method, the transient time and the MPPT tracking accuracy are further improved by 42.8% and 0.06%, respectively.

Keywords: fuzzy logic control; maximum power point tracking; photovoltaic (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: 2014
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