This article proposes an artificial raindrop algorithm (ARDA) to enhance maximum power point tracking (MPPT) in a permanent magnet synchronous generator based wind energy conversion system. The ARDA, a recently developed meta-heuristic approach, reproduces the varying procedure of a raindrop derived by the observation of a natural rainfall process. The efficacy of the wind energy conversion system depends on MPPT as well as power electronic converters employed in it. In this article, the ARDA is proposed as MPPT, where the performance of the proposed system is compared with the particle swarm optimisation based MPPT. To offer enriched performance, a high gain resonant switched-capacitor direct current-direct current converter is proposed in this analysis. The entire system is analysed under various wind speeds using Matlab/Simulink.
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