A novel ant colony optimization-based maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic systems under partially shaded conditions

• Main Authors: Jiang, Lian Lian., Maskell, Douglas L., Patra, Jagdish C.
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Mathematics::Applied mathematics::Optimization
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106330; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17678
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In order to achieve maximum efficiency a photovoltaic (PV) arrays should operate at their maximum power point (MPP). Therefore, an MPP tracking (MPPT) scheme is implemented between the PV system and the load to obtain maximum power. When the irradiance distribution on the PV arrays is uniform, many...