Sluggish tracking for change in solar irradiations is the main demerit of the perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm because of its fixed perturb. To overcome this, an adaptive tracking algorithm based on Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy implications is proposed in this study. Input to the fuzzy controller is the error between conductance and incremental conductance which is otherwise zero at the maximum power point. The P&O algorithm and the proposed algorithm along with the recently published adaptive incremental conductance algorithm are examined for their performance efficacy on a photovoltaic (PV) generating system with fabricated as well as real irradiation data. As a case study, all the considered algorithms are validated under partial shading conditions also. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified for the tracking of the maximum power point of a PV system in steady as well as changing irradiations and the conclusions are supported through some experimental validations.

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