Özet:

Photovoltaic (PV) systems are considered as one of the most important energy sources in the world due to their inherent advantages such as cheap, large installable area, environmental friendliness and energy efficiency. To increase the output power of the solar PV system, the maximum possible maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm plays an important role in optimizing the performance of the photovoltaic (PV) generation system. This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of the widely used Perturb and Observe (P&O) and Incremental Conductance (IC) methods using both experimental and Matlab/Simulink simulation models. Experimental studies were carried out using Arduino Uno board with 1 Khz PWM output. Boost converter was used as the converter structure. The experimental results show that the InC method is able to detect the maximum power point with better convergence and higher accuracy than the P&O algorithm under sudden changing irradiance.

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