Omron Coproration

Hironobu Hisashi

Masao Mabuchi

Kotaro Nakamura

Shinichi Hosomi

A power conditioneris provided with a maximum power follow-up control portionfor setting a DC operating voltage of a power converter, which converts output power of a power generatorinto AC power, for making a power point corresponding to the output level of the power generator follow up with a maximum power point, and comprises an approximate function memoryfor storing approximate functions related to the maximum power point, a follow-up control portionfor making the present power point reach proximate of the maximum power point on the basis of the approximate function, and a hill-climbing method follow-up control portionfor making the present power point reach the maximum power point by using a hill-climbing method when the present power point has reached proximate of the maximum power point.

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Tomisato, Japan

Hironobu Hisashi