Research Article

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

Table 4

Comparative results between MPPT algorithms at 1000 

Climatic condition
MPPT1000  and 25°C1000  and 35°C
Max power (Watt)MPP stepsOscillation avg. (Watt)No. of iterationsMax power (Watt)MPP stepsOscillation avg. (Watt)No. of iterations

Fixed-step INC428.841454.87419.731535.92
Variable-step INC420.731555.87419.901395.17
FO-INC fixed step + PSO436.881204.88100410.511214.84100
FO-INC fixed step + ACO650.821012.067100632.241122.089100
FO-INC fixed step + ALO667.321183.87100664.241203.889100
FO-INC variable step + PSO590.28862.28100580.23922.34100
FO-INC variable step + ACO720.62652.067100705.24712.079100
FO-INC variable step + ALO725.32802.369100710.63962.802100