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Various techniques, including Hill Climb algorithms, are commonly employed in the industry due to their simplicity and ease of implementation. Nonetheless, intelligent approaches like Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) offer enhanced accuracy in tracking efficiency with reduced oscillations. The PSO algorithm, inspired by collective intelligence and animal swarm behavior, stands out as a promising solution due to its efficiency and ease of integration, relying only on standard current and voltage sensors commonly found in these systems, not like most intelligent techniques, which require additional modeling or sensoring, significantly increasing the cost of the installation. The primary contribution of this study lies in the implementation and validation of an advanced control system based on the PSO algorithm for real-time Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) in a commercial photovoltaic system to assess its viability by testing it against the industry-standard controller, Perturbation and Observation (P&amp;O), to highlight its advantages and limitations. Through rigorous experiments and comparisons with other methods, the proposed PSO-based control system\u2019s performance and feasibility have been thoroughly evaluated. A sensitivity analysis of the algorithm\u2019s search dynamics parameters has been conducted to identify the most effective combination for optimal real-time tracking. Notably, experimental comparisons with the P&amp;O algorithm have revealed the PSO algorithm\u2019s remarkable ability to significantly reduce settling time up to threefold under similar conditions, resulting in a substantial decrease in energy losses during transient states from 31.96% with P&amp;O to 9.72% with PSO.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/info14100556","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,12]],"date-time":"2023-10-12T03:14:32Z","timestamp":1697080472000},"page":"556","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Particle Swarm Optimization-Based Control for Maximum Power Point Tracking Implemented in a Real Time Photovoltaic System"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-7892-9296","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Asier","family":"del Rio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Engineering and Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4430-8088","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oscar","family":"Barambones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Engineering and Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7586-0588","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jokin","family":"Uralde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Engineering and Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9341-8251","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eneko","family":"Artetxe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Engineering and Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5256-353X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isidro","family":"Calvo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Systems Engineering and Automatic Control, Faculty of Engineering of Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"IEA (2023, July 05). 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