• R. Sujatha
• N. V. S. Prasad

The rapid increase in the demand for electricity and the recent change in the environmental conditions such as global warming led to a need for a new source of energy that is cheaper and sustainable with less carbon emissions. Solar energy has offered promising results in the quest of finding the solution to the problem. The harnessing of solar energy using PV modules comes with its own problems that arise from the change in insulation conditions. These changes in insulation conditions severely affect the efficiency and output power of the PV modules. A great deal of research has been done to improve the efficiency of the PV modules. A number of methods of how to track the maximum power point of a PV module have been proposed to solve the problem of efficiency and products using these methods have been manufactured and are now commercially available for consumers. As the market is now flooded with varieties of these MPPT that are meant to improve the efficiency of PV modules under various insulation conditions it is not known how many of these can really deliver on their promise under a variety of field conditions. In this project the control mechanism of Maximum power point tracking using DC-DC converters is presented. First the photovoltaic module is analyzed using SIMULINK software. The main aim of the project is to track the maximum available power from the solar PV module respective irradiation conditions using different MPPT algorithms to improve the efficiency of the solar panel. The DC-DC converter is to be used along with a Maximum Power Point Tracking control mechanism. The MPPT is responsible for extracting the maximum possible power from the photovoltaic and feed it to the load via the DC-DC converter which steps up/down the voltage to required magnitude.

MPPT ALGORITHMS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS AND STUDY OF INC METHODS BY USING MATLAB

"MPPT ALGORITHMS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS AND STUDY OF INC METHODS BY USING MATLAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.23-29, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811C53.pdf

"MPPT ALGORITHMS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS AND STUDY OF INC METHODS BY USING MATLAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp23-29, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811C53.pdf