Comparative Analysis of Maximum Power Point Tracking Techniques in a Solar PV System

Abstract

Due to severe crisis of acute energy, global warming, green house effect and the narrow availability of non renewable sources, the demand of renewable energy is out breaking for generating the electricity. Of all the renewable energies available solar energy is easy to access and untapped source. With the help of PV cells the available solar energy can be transformed to the fruitful electrical energy. However, being dynamic source of energy and its penetration, the solar PV system has low efficiency and high capital cost. To overcome this issue, maximum power point tracking technique can be adopted in the solar PV array. In this paper the MPPT techniques with its merits, demerits and algorithms is presented. Also the comparative analysis between all the techniques is carried out.