Comparison of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with other Algorithms used for Tracking of Maximum Power Point of Photovoltaic Arrays

Abstract

Maximum power point tracker (MPPT) is one of the key components of a solar electricity generation systems. It is used to extract the maximum power produced by an array of Photovoltaic cells. In this paper Artificial Bee Colony algorithm is analysed and implemented for tracking the maximum power point of Photovoltaic arrays. Furthermore the results obtained from ABC algorithm are compared with that of Perturb and Observe method, Fuzzy Logic Control and Genetic Algorithms.