Optimization of a Fuzzy-Logic-Control-Based MPPT Algorithm Using the Particle Swarm Optimization Technique

Po-Chen Cheng; Bo-Rei Peng; Yi-Hua Liu; Yu-Shan Cheng; Jia-Wei Huang

doi:10.3390/en8065338

Energies (Jun 2015)

Optimization of a Fuzzy-Logic-Control-Based MPPT Algorithm Using the Particle Swarm Optimization Technique

Po-Chen Cheng,
Bo-Rei Peng,
Yi-Hua Liu,
Yu-Shan Cheng,
Jia-Wei Huang

Affiliations

Po-Chen Cheng: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Bo-Rei Peng: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Yi-Hua Liu: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Yu-Shan Cheng: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, EE-105-1 #No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei 10600, Taiwan
Jia-Wei Huang: Electric Energy Technology Division Power Electronics Department, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Rm#839, Bldg. 51, No. 195, Sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu 31040, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en8065338
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 6
pp. 5338 – 5360

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In this paper, an asymmetrical fuzzy-logic-control (FLC)-based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm for photovoltaic (PV) systems is presented. Two membership function (MF) design methodologies that can improve the effectiveness of the proposed asymmetrical FLC-based MPPT methods are then proposed. The first method can quickly determine the input MF setting values via the power–voltage (P–V) curve of solar cells under standard test conditions (STC). The second method uses the particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique to optimize the input MF setting values. Because the PSO approach must target and optimize a cost function, a cost function design methodology that meets the performance requirements of practical photovoltaic generation systems (PGSs) is also proposed. According to the simulated and experimental results, the proposed asymmetrical FLC-based MPPT method has the highest fitness value, therefore, it can successfully address the tracking speed/tracking accuracy dilemma compared with the traditional perturb and observe (P&O) and symmetrical FLC-based MPPT algorithms. Compared to the conventional FLC-based MPPT method, the obtained optimal asymmetrical FLC-based MPPT can improve the transient time and the MPPT tracking accuracy by 25.8% and 0.98% under STC, respectively.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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