Comparative Study of ANN and Incremental Conductance MPPT for Solar Water Pump

For measuring the peak power output of PV panel, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method based on artificial neural networks (ANN) and Incremental Conductance (INC) is describe in this paper. It is precise to use MPPT for the measurement of maximum possible power point as the weather variable such as temperature and sun irradiation changes. The research design and simulation of PV Array with MPPT controller are presented in this paper. The goal of this study is to develop an MPPT controller using an artificial neural network approach for PV applications. A comparison between an ANN-based MPPT controller's performance and that of the conventional INC MPPT method is made. The MATLAB software is used to run simulations and analyze the results. In this article, MATLAB simulation design of the ANN and INC MPPT for obtaining maximum output power and voltage is discussed in detail and coupled with a boost converter.