An Adaptive Sliding Mode Control based Maximum Power Point Tracking method for a PV stand-alone System

International audienceThis paper presents a photovoltaic (PV) system with an adaptive sliding mode control based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm. The goal of this work is to maximize power extraction from the photovoltaic generator. This aim is achieved by using an adaptive sliding mode controller (ASMC) that drives a boost converter connected between the PV generator and the load. The robustness and stability of the proposed controller are investigated against weather changes. Simulation results with real data, under MATLAB-SIMULINK, are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach