CONVERTER DESIGN USING MPPT TECHNIQUE

In this paper Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) control mechanism with cuk converter is presented. Main aim of the project is the use of cuk converter along with a Maximum Power Point Tracking control mechanism. The MPPT is responsible for extracting the maximum possible power from the photovoltaic and feed it to the load via the cuk converter which steps up the voltage to required magnitude. The main purpose will be to track the maximu m power point of the photovoltaic module so that the maximum possible power can be extracted from the photovoltaic. The algorithms utilized for MPPT are generalized algorithms and are easy to model or use as a code. The algorithms are written in m files of MATLAB and utilized in simulation. The cuk converter is modeled using Sim Power Systems blocks.