Abstract
This work aims to study and design a nonlinear gain scheduling control technique for a solar photovoltaic ( PV) water pumping system. The efficiency and performance of the system will be fully investigated via a simulation study; which will be designed with regards to real constraints in a remote area of the Hail region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This work investigates a sunlight tracking system used to direct a photovoltaic module. The thoroughly examined system consists of a PV generator, a buck converter and a DC motor pump. For this purpose, we will develop a control strategy that enables us to find and track the "Maximum Power Point Tracking," so that maximum power is continuously generated. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).