The Open Electrical & Electronic Engineering Journal

2013, 7 : 123-130
Published online 2013 December 13. DOI: 10.2174/1874129001307010123
Publisher ID: TOEEJ-7-123

Discussion and Research of Photovoltaic MPPT Methods

Guangya Liu and Mingxiu Cheng
College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, Hubei Province, China.

ABSTRACT

Photovoltaic power generation is one of the ways using solar energy resources effectively. In recent years, it has received the world's attention and has been under rapid development. At present, one of the main problems faced by the photovoltaic power generation is the low conversion efficiency. One way to solve this problem is carrying out the maximum power point tracking in the photovoltaic power generation process. The paper focuses on the implementation of the Conductance Increment Method, and carries on the simulation results. Created the photovoltaic cells simulation model and the photovoltaic maximum power point tracking model in MATLAB, the simulation and analysis are carried out.

Keywords:

The maximum power point tracking, photovoltaic battery, the conductance increment.