Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Systems under Partial Shading Conditions Using Bat Algorithm

• Main Authors: Seyedmahmoudian, Mehdi, Tey, Kok Soon, Jamei, Elmira, Thirunavukkarasu, Gokul, Horan, Ben, Mekhilef, Saad, Stojcevski, Alex
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2018
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20735/; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051347

The vibrant, noiseless, and low-maintenance characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) systems make them one of the fast-growing technologies in the modern era. This on-demand source of energy suffers from low-output efficiency compared with other alternatives. Given that PV systems must be installed in o...