A Review and New Problems Discovery of Four Simple Decentralized Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms—Perturb and Observe, Incremental Conductance, Golden Section Search, and Newton’s Quadratic Interpolation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Review of Various Methodologies
2.1. Perturb-and-Observe ()
2.2. Incremental Conductance
- when , the operating point is to the right of the MPP;
- when , the operating point is at the MPP;
- when , the operating point is to the left of the MPP.
2.3. Golden Section Search
2.4. Newton Quadratic Interpolation
3. Discussion
3.1. Simulation Platform
3.2. Initialization
3.3. Convergence Criteria
3.4. Final Remark
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Parameters | Value |
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Maximum Power () | 39.318 W |
Open Circuit Voltage () | 19.6 V |
Maximum Power Voltage () | 15.634 V |
Short Circuit Current () | 2.79 A |
Maximum Power Current () | 2.5149 A |
Temperature Coefficient () | /K |
Types of DMPPT | Initialization | Effect of Initialization toward Accuracy | Survivability under Rapid Change of Irradiance | Transient Fluctuation | FLOPs | Convergence Criteria | |
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P&O | PBM | 1 | Not affecting | Excellent | Small | 11 | No required |
INC | CM | 1 | Not affecting | Excellent | Small | 11 | No required |
GSS | BBM | 2 | Affecting | Poor | Big | 11 | Required |
NQI | IBM | 3 | Affecting | Poor | Varies | 19 | Required |
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Andrean, V.; Chang, P.C.; Lian, K.L. A Review and New Problems Discovery of Four Simple Decentralized Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms—Perturb and Observe, Incremental Conductance, Golden Section Search, and Newton’s Quadratic Interpolation. Energies 2018, 11, 2966. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112966
Andrean V, Chang PC, Lian KL. A Review and New Problems Discovery of Four Simple Decentralized Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms—Perturb and Observe, Incremental Conductance, Golden Section Search, and Newton’s Quadratic Interpolation. Energies. 2018; 11(11):2966. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112966
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndrean, Victor, Pei Cheng Chang, and Kuo Lung Lian. 2018. "A Review and New Problems Discovery of Four Simple Decentralized Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms—Perturb and Observe, Incremental Conductance, Golden Section Search, and Newton’s Quadratic Interpolation" Energies 11, no. 11: 2966. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11112966