Genetic Algorithm-Optimized PID Controller for Better Performance of PV System

Abstract

In recent years, a radical increase of photovoltaic (PV) power generators installation took place because of increased efficiency of solar cells, as well as the growth of manufacturing technology of solar panels. This paper shows the operation and modeling of photovoltaic systems, particularly designing PID controller to control the system. Parameters of the designed controller are tuned using genetic algorithm (GA) which leads to getting the best performance of the designed PV system. Using GA the maximum overshoot and rise time obtained become 0.1% and 0.175 seconds, respectively.