A Review of Mamdani, Takagi–Sugeno, and Type-2 Fuzzy Controllers for MPPT and Power Management in Photovoltaic Systems

This review presents a synthesis of fuzzy logic-based (FL) controllers applied to photovoltaic (PV) systems over the last decade, with a specific focus on maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and power management. These subsystems are critical for improving the efficiency of PV energy conversion, as they directly address the nonlinear, time-varying, and uncertain behavior of solar generation under dynamic environmental conditions. FL-based control has proven to be a powerful and versatile tool for enhancing MPPT accuracy, inverter performance, and hybrid energy management strategies. The analysis concentrates on three main categories, namely, Mamdani, Takagi–Sugeno (T-S), and Type-2, highlighting their architectures, operational characteristics, and application domains. Mamdani controllers remain the most widely adopted due to their simplicity, interpretability, and effectiveness in scenarios with moderate response time requirements. T-S controllers excel in real-time high-frequency operations by eliminating the defuzzification stage and approximating system nonlinearities through local linear models, achieving rapid convergence to the maximum power point (MPP) and improved power quality in grid-connected PV systems. Type-2 fuzzy controllers represent the most advanced evolution, incorporating footprints of uncertainty (FOU) to handle high variability, sensor noise, and environmental disturbances, thereby strengthening MPPT accuracy under challenging conditions. This review also examines the integration of metaheuristic algorithms for automated tuning of membership functions and hybrid architectures that combine fuzzy control with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. A bibliometric perspective reveals a growing research interest in T-S and Type-2 approaches. Quantitatively, Mamdani controllers account for 54.20% of publications, T-S controllers for 26.72%, and Type-2 fuzzy controllers for 19.08%, reflecting the balance between interpretability, computational performance, and robustness to uncertainty in PV-based MPPT and power management applications.