A New Technique for Tracking the Global Maximum Power Point of PV Arrays Operating Under Partial-Shading Conditions

By Eftichios Koutroulis, Frede Blaabjerg. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2012

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Evaluation of the Main MPPT Techniques for Photovoltaic Applications (2013, methodology): “According to the dynamic responses, the evaluated methods presented very good performances.”
A Maximum Power Point Tracking Method Based on Perturb-and-Observe Combined With Particle Swarm Optimization (2014, methodology): “In [9], a scanning process is first utilized to detect the regions which contain the GMP.”
A Novel MPPT Technique Based on an Image of PV Modules (2017, methodology): “Another method is proposed in [17] which relies on a constant power operation to track the GMPP.”
An Improved MPPT Controller for Photovoltaic System Under Partial Shading Condition (2014, methodology): “In [18], a dc–dc converter controlled by a dc signal of adjustable amplitude is used to track the global MPP.”
Control and Circuit Techniques to Mitigate Partial Shading Effects in Photovoltaic Arrays (2012, methodology): “Additionally, for the case study reported in [49], the tracking speed of the power increment technique is approximately three times of the tracking”
Modified Incremental Conductance Algorithm for Photovoltaic System Under Partial Shading Conditions and Load Variation (2014, background): “Yet, additional measurement circuits are required at the output of the converter, adding hardware complexity.”