Modelling of PV based DC-DC boost converter using P&O algorithm under varying environmental conditions

Solar PV systems are now being heavily deployed to extract the solar energy which is a free energy. Output power of solar PV systems are intermittent in nature and depend on the operating PV cell temperature and solar irradiance value. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that the maximum power is extracted from a solar PV panel at given condition or irradiance and temperature. In this paper, we have tried to extract the maximum power out of solar PV panels connected in series using a DC-DC boost converter and by employing a MPPT algorithm. The simulation results show that maximum power can be drawn out from a solar panel by varying the operating conditions.