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A New Efficient Mppt Control Algorithm for Low Insolation Intensity  

Yu, Gwon-Jong (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Jung, Young-Seok (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Park, Ju-Yeop (Department of Electrical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
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KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems / v.2B, no.4, 2002 , pp. 214-218 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the effectiveness of three different control algorithms are thoroughly investigated via simulation and a proposed efficiency evaluation method of experimentation. Both the steady state and transient characteristics of each control algorithm along with its measured efficiency are analyzed. Finally, a novel two-mode maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control algorithm combining the constant voltage control and the incremental conduction (IncCond) methods is proposed to improve the efficiency of the 3KW PV power generation system at different insolation conditions. Experimental results show that the proposed two-mode MPPT control provides excellent performance at less than 30% insolation intensity, covering the whole insolation area without additional hardware circuitry.
Keywords
PV cell; simulation; MPPT; two-mode; efficiency; low insolation;
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