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A practical reference to support choosing, customising and handling the best PV simulation solution

This comprehensive guide surveys all available models for simulating a photovoltaic (PV) generator at different levels of granularity, from cell to system level, in uniform as well as in mismatched conditions. Providing a thorough comparison among the models, engineers have all the elements needed to choose the right PV array model for specific applications or environmental conditions matched with the model of the electronic circuit used to maximize the PV power production.

Key features:

Multiple mathematical models are given for different application requirements.
The shading effect is taken into account to improve the model accuracy.
Procedures for parameter identification of the PV model are analysed and compared.
Mathematical manipulations are introduced to some models to reduce their calculation time.
The electronic interface effect on the power chain is analysed.
Analytical expressions are used to design and control the power converter driving the PV field.

The book is an essential reference for R&D in the PV industry; designers of power converters for PV; PV systems designers; and practicing engineers.

Book Description:

The complete information of the book is available at the publisher website, which also provides instructor slides for helping the teaching process.

ISBN: 978-1-118-67903-6

208 pages

March 2017, Wiley-IEEE Press

Photovoltaic Sources Modeling

by Giovanni Petrone, Carlos Andres Ramos-Paja and Giovanni Spagnuolo

Professor Ramos Paja works with the Automatic Group of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (GAUNAL) developing new solutions for harvesting energy from renewable sources, improving the efficiency of power electronics and new microgrids control systems.

Professor Ramos-Paja has more than 100 research papers indexed in SCOPUS dealign with the previous topics. The impact of his work is reported by SCOPUS with an h-index = 19 (19 papers with, at least, 19 citations each). The papers presently (Nov 26 - 2017) contributing to the h-index are:

1. Romero-Cadaval, E., Spagnuolo, G., Franquelo, L.G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Suntio, T., Xiao, W.M.

Grid-connected photovoltaic generation plants: Components and operation

(2013) IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 7 (3), art. no. 6603396, pp. 6-20. Cited 171 times.

DOI: 10.1109/MIE.2013.2264540

2. Ramos-Paja, C.A., Bordons, C., Romero, A., Giral, R., Martínez-Salamero, L.

Minimum fuel consumption strategy for PEM fuel cells

(2009) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 56 (3), pp. 685-696. Cited 89 times.

DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.2007993

3. Bianconi, E., Calvente, J., Giral, R., Mamarelis, E., Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G., Vitelli, M.

A fast current-based MPPT technique employing sliding mode control

(2013) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 60 (3), art. no. 6165659, pp. 1168-1178. Cited 84 times.

DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2190253

4. Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A.

Modeling of photovoltaic fields in mismatched conditions for energy yield evaluations

(2011) Electric Power Systems Research, 81 (4), pp. 1003-1013. Cited 71 times.

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2010.12.008

5. Bianconi, E., Calvente, J., Giral, R., Mamarelis, E., Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G., Vitelli, M.

Perturb and Observe MPPT algorithm with a current controller based on the sliding mode

(2013) International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 44 (1), pp. 346-356. Cited 62 times.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2012.07.046

6. Ramos-Paja, C.A., Giral, R., Martinez-Salamero, L., Romano, J., Romero, A., Spagnuolo, G.

A PEM fuel-cell model featuring oxygen-excess-ratio estimation and power-electronics interaction

(2010) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 57 (6), art. no. 5153315, pp. 1914-1924. Cited 51 times.

DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2026363

7. Bastidas-Rodriguez, J.D., Franco, E., Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G.

Maximum power point tracking architectures for photovoltaic systems in mismatching conditions: A review

(2014) IET Power Electronics, 7 (6), pp. 1396-1413. Cited 50 times.

DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0406

8. Giral, R., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Gonzalez, D., Calvente, J., Cid-Pastor, À., Martinez-Salamero, L.

Minimizing the effects of shadowing in a PV module by means of active voltage sharing

(2010) Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, art. no. 5472551, pp. 943-948. Cited 39 times.

DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2010.5472551

9. Ramos-Paja, C.A., Romero, A., Giral, R., Calvente, J., Martinez-Salamero, L.

Mathematical analysis of hybrid topologies efficiency for PEM fuel cell power systems design

(2010) International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 32 (9), pp. 1049-1061. Cited 36 times.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2010.01.032

10. Bastidas, J.D., Franco, E., Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G.

A model of photovoltaic fields in mismatching conditions featuring an improved calculation speed

(2013) Electric Power Systems Research, 96, pp. 81-90. Cited 33 times.

DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2012.10.020

11. Orozco-Gutierrez, M.L., Ramirez-Scarpetta, J.M., Spagnuolo, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A.

A technique for mismatched PV array simulation

(2013) Renewable Energy, 55, pp. 417-427. Cited 27 times.

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.009

12. Bastidas-Rodriguez, J.D., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Saavedra-Montes, A.J.

Reconfiguration analysis of photovoltaic arrays based on parameters estimation

(2013) Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 35, pp. 50-68. Cited 26 times.

DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2013.03.001

13. Accarino, J., Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G.

Symbolic algebra for the calculation of the series and parallel resistances in PV module model

(2013) 4th International Conference on Clean Electrical Power: Renewable Energy Resources Impact, ICCEP 2013, art. no. 6586967, pp. 62-66. Cited 24 times.

DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2013.6586967

14. Spagnuolo, G., Petrone, G., Lehman, B., Ramos Paja, C.A., Zhao, Y., Orozco Gutierrez, M.L.

Control of photovoltaic arrays: Dynamical reconfiguration for fighting mismatched conditions and meeting load requests

(2015) IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, 9 (1), art. no. 7063344, pp. 62-76. Cited 23 times.

DOI: 10.1109/MIE.2014.2360721

15. Trejos, A., Gonzalez, D., Ramos-Paja, C.A.

Modeling of step-up grid-connected photovoltaic systems for control purposes

(2012) Energies, 5 (6), pp. 1900-1926. Cited 23 times.

DOI: 10.3390/en5061900

16. Petrone, G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G., Vitelli, M.

Granular control of photovoltaic arrays by means of a multi-output Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm

(2013) Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 21 (5), pp. 918-932. Cited 22 times.

DOI: 10.1002/pip.2179

17. Montoya, D.G., Ramos-Paja, C.A., Giral, R.

Improved Design of Sliding-Mode Controllers Based on the Requirements of MPPT Techniques

(2016) IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31 (1), art. no. 7024938, pp. 235-247. Cited 21 times.

DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2015.2397831

18. Ramos-Paja, C.A., Spagnuolo, G., Petrone, G., Vitelli, M., Bastidas, J.D.

A multivariable MPPT algorithm for granular control of photovoltaic systems

(2010) IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, art. no. 5637998, pp. 3433-3437. Cited 21 times.

DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637998

19. Giral, R., Carrejo, C.E., Vermeersh, M., Saavedra-Montes, A.J., Ramos-Paja, C.A.

PV field distributed maximum power point tracking by means of an active bypass converter

(2011) 3rd International Conference on Clean Electrical Power: Renewable Energy Resources Impact, ICCEP 2011, art. no. 6036360, pp. 94-98. Cited 19 times.

DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036360

The full list of papers are available in SCOPUS, Google scholar and COLCIENCIAS.

Professor Ramos-Paja co-authored the following book published by Wiley – IEEE Press:

Finally, the patent was developed by a team formed by professors of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, the University of Salerno and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. The patent was acquired by the Italian company Bitron S.P.A in 2010.

The patent was tested in a PV system interacting with a commercial PV inverter, obtaining satisfactory results.

The main feature of the patent concerns the fast tracking of the optimal operation point of the source. This is achieved by mitigating the perturbations caused by the grid connection (at 100/120 Hz) and by the variability of the energy source (solar irradiance, wind speed, etc.).

Professor Ramos-Paja co-authored the Patent “Metodo e dispositivo per la massimizzazione della potenza elettrica prodotta da un generatore, in particolare un generatore basato su una fonte energetica rinnovabile”.

This solution provides new architectures and control systems, based on sliding-mode control theory, to improve the energy production of renewable sources interacting with grid-connected power converters.

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