An Artificial Neural Network based MPPT Algorithm For Solar PV System

The need of renewable energy integration with power system is shooting up day by day. Solar PV generation has an important role for battery charging, grid tied applications etc. In order to intensify output power of a solar photovoltaic arrangement, it is imperative to find the maximum possible energy harvest from photovoltaic panel. In this paper Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller for solar photovoltaic system is developed by practicing artificial neural network (ANN). Also the performance of an ANN based MPPT controller is compared with Conventional MPPT methods. In particular hill climbing method (perturb & observe), Incremental Conductance method and fractional open circuit voltage method. Simulations are done by using MATLAB/SIMULINK to analyze results.