A Novel MPPT Technique in a Solar Photovoltaic Array

Abstract

Firstly, this paper rigorously reviews the existing maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
techniques to highlights their merits and shortfalls. It is revealed that all these techniques
have their specific advantages as well as limitations. Hence, none of these techniques alone is
sufficient to provide MPPT, most efficiently. Here, using the merits of two existing MPPT
techniques, namely, ‘Perturb and Observe (P&O)’ and ‘Constant Voltage (CV)’, a hybrid
technique has been presented. The proposed technique is implemented with
MATLAB®/SIMULINK. Finally, through the analysis of the obtained results, it is shown
that hybrid MPPT techniques results in more efficient power tracking.