TY - JFULL AU - P. Selvam and S. Senthil Kumar PY - 2016/3/ TI - Intelligent Maximum Power Point Tracking Using Fuzzy Logic for Solar Photovoltaic Systems Under Non-Uniform Irradiation Conditions T2 - International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering SP - 328 EP - 335 VL - 10 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004325 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 110, 2016 N2 - Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) has played a vital role to enhance the efficiency of solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation under varying atmospheric temperature and solar irradiation. However, it is hard to track the maximum power point using conventional linear controllers due to the natural inheritance of nonlinear I-V and P-V characteristics of solar PV systems. Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) is suitable for nonlinear system control applications and eliminating oscillations, circuit complexities present in the conventional perturb and observation and incremental conductance methods respectively. Hence, in this paper, FLC is proposed for tracking exact MPPT of solar PV power generation system under varying solar irradiation conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed FLC-based MPPT controller is validated through simulation and analysis using MATLAB/Simulink. ER -