Benchmarking of the Conductance Increment Method and its improved versions

Abstract

To increase the performance of a photovoltaic (PV) system, a circuit using MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) technology must be used. There are several algorithms proposed in the literature and they need to be compared to select the best performing MPPT technology for a specific application or to make recommendations for future MPPT research. This article presents a benchmarking the most widely used MPPT algorithms, namely the “INC_C” (Classical Incremental Conductance), the “INC_AM” (Modified Adaptive Incremental Conductance). The comparative study presented in this work will confirm that “INC_AM≫ is the best MPPT technique to improve the efficiency of a PV system.

Keywords

• solar panel
• energy
• photovoltaic
• mppt technic
• conductance increment