Research Article

Metaheuristic Optimization of Fractional Order Incremental Conductance (FO-INC) Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT)

Table 3

Comparative results between MPPT algorithms at 800 .

Climatic condition
MPPT800  and 25°C800  and 35°C
Max power (Watt)MPP stepsOscillation avg. (Watt)No. of iterationsMax power (Watt)MPP stepsOscillation avg. (Watt)No. of iterations

Fixed-step INC321.841375.87319.731314.92
Variable-step INC324.631254.89319.901274.17
FO-INC fixed step + PSO420.281214.28100400.011274.34100
FO-INC fixed step + ACO470.621154.067100462.241213.089100
FO-INC fixed step + ALO487.221183.067100474.241253.089100
FO-INC variable step + PSO490.281283.28100480.011323.34100
FO-INC variable step + ACO510.621153.067100490.241213.089100
FO-INC variable step + ALO515.521203.269100510.261273.802100