Performance Analysis of Perturb & Observe and Incremental Conductance Method of Maximum Power Point Tracking in Solar PV-Based Power Generation

In this paper, study and performance analysis of perturb and observe (P&O) and incremental conductance (InC), method of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control algorithms has been performed. It has been tested under different environmental conditions, viz. standard test condition, varying insolation and temperature in the MATLAB/Simulink 2018(a) environment. P&O and InC algorithm has been analyzed. It is found that performance using incremental conductance algorithm is efficient in terms of less perturbation in the duty cycle and slightly more power output, i.e. 100 W for developed 10.25 kW solar PV system in the MATLAB/Simulink.