A Differential Evolution Based MPPT Method for Photovoltaic Modules under Partial Shading Conditions

Partially shaded photovoltaic (PV) modules have multiple peaks in the power-voltage (P-V) characteristic curve and conventional maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm, such as perturbation and observation (P&O), which is unable to track the global maximum power point (GMPP) accurately due...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kok Soon Tey, Saad Mekhilef, Hong-Tzer Yang, Ming-Kai Chuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/945906