In order to extract as much power as possible from the costly PV power system, the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is necessary. It is well known that the output characteristics of PV array are nonlinear, the MPPT control scheme at same irradiation is easy because of there is only one maximum power point (MPP). However, the P–V output curves of the PV array display the multiple peaks with several local peaks (LPs) and one global peak (GP) at partial shading. Rapid fluctuation of the shading and improper physical constraint make the MPPT method difficult. Generally, there will exist several peaks due to the passing cloud, shading of buildings, dust, and excreta of passing birds. In this paper, a novel forecasting technology using the law of conservation of energy is proposed to roughly track the GP of a PV array which located in the adjacent area of accurate GP. The proposed strategy is easy to combine with the conventional MPPT method and rapidly gain the actual GP. Study results and experiment tests demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can perform on a real PV power system under uniform or complex irradiation conditions .
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