A modified adaptive hill climbing MPPT method for photovoltaic power systems

Author

Xiao, Weidong ; Dunford, William G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

1957

Abstract

Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) must usually be integrated with photovoltaic (PV) power systems so that the photovoltaic arrays are able to deliver maximum available power. In this paper, a modified adaptive hill climbing (MAHC) MPPT method is introduced. It can be treated as an extension of the traditional hill climbing algorithm. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed MPPT control can avoid tracking deviation and result in improved performance in both dynamic response and steady-state.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; digital signal processing chips; photovoltaic power systems; power system control; solar cell arrays; switching convertors; MAHC; MPPT; digital signal processor; dynamic response; maximum power point tracking; modified adaptive hill climbing; photovoltaic array; photovoltaic power system; steady-state response; switching duty cycle; switching mode DC-DC converter; Feedback; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power system dynamics; Power system simulation; Signal processing algorithms; Solar power generation; Switching converters; Topology; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2004. PESC 04. 2004 IEEE 35th Annual

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8399-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2004.1355417

Filename

1355417