Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Using Artificial Bee Colony Based Algorithm for Photovoltaic System

Abstract

The Artificial Bee Colony based algorithm (ABC) studied in this paper is assigned as an intelligent control of photovoltaic system. The output power of a photovoltaic panel depends on solar irradiation and temperature. Therefore, it is important to operate the photovoltaic (PV) panel in its maximum power point. In this aim, the ABC consists to track the optimal duty cycle of the electronic converter, in order to lead to the Maximum Power Point (MPP) of the PV system. Moreover, the classical method Perturb and Observe (P&O) [1-2] is studied in the sake of comparison with the ABC method in Matlab/Simulink, by taking into consideration the efficiency, the speed and the robustness performance when the meteorological conditions change.