This paper presents a comprehensive overview on various maximum power point tracking
(MPPT) techniques, which have been recently designed, simulated and/or experimentally …

This paper elaborates a comprehensive overview of a photovoltaic (PV) system model, and
compares the attributes of various conventional and improved incremental conductance …

This paper proposes a novel model-free solution algorithm, the natural cubic-spline-guided
Jaya algorithm (S-Jaya), for efficiently solving the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) …

Photovoltaic power plants (PVPPs) typically operate by tracking the maximum power point
(MPP) in order to maximize the conversion efficiency. However, with the continuous increase …

This paper presents a three-phase hybrid cascaded modular multilevel inverter topology
which is derived from the proposed modified H-bridge module. This topology results in the …

One of the major concerns associated with the increasing penetration of grid-connected
photovoltaic (PV) power plants is the operational challenges (eg, overloading and …

A healthy photovoltaic (PV) array has a specific impedance between node pairs, and any
ground fault changes the impedance values. Reflectometry is a well-known technique in …

To obtain efficient photovoltaic (PV) systems, optimum maximum power point tracking
(MPPT) algorithms are inevitable. The efficiency of MPPT algorithms depends on two MPPT …

A fractional-order fuzzy logic control (FOFLC) method for maximum power point tracking
(MPPT) in a photovoltaic (PV) system is presented. By combining the robustness of fuzzy …

This article proposes a fixed zone perturb and observe (FZPO) technique to achieve
improved steady-state efficiency and a fast and drift-free maximum power point tracking …