A Literature Review of Photovoltaic Power Control using MPPT and Boost Converter

As the consumption of the energy is increasing day by day, idea of exploring renewable energy sources are also growing. Due to our limited energy sources, renewable energy sources are the future. Significant progress has been made over the last few years in the research and development of renewable energy. Among these resources, solar energy is considered one of the most reliable renewable energy source. However, solar energy systems generally suffer from their low efficiencies and high costs. In order to overcome these drawbacks, maximum power should be extracted from the PV panel using MPPT techniques to optimize the efficiency of overall PV system. The energy conversion efficiency of a PV generation system (PGS) is low because the solar cell exhibits nonlinear current versus voltage (I–V) and power versus voltage (P–V) characteristics. The various MPPT algorithms are discussed in the paper. The applications supported by these MPPT algorithms are also discussed.