Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Systems

This section presents some models that I have implemented in Matlab-Simulink environment during my PhD studies.

• • Photovoltaic Cells, Panels and Arrays

• • Photovoltaic Systems with DC-DC Power Converters and MPPT Controls

• • MPPT Controllers, like P&O Algorithm

• • Anti-Islanding Protection Devices

• • Large-Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants Under Grid Faults

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PHOTOVOLTAICS PACK (8 articles/16.5 MB – Matlab/Simulink)

Please cite my papers in your work:

I. V. Banu and M. Istrate, "Modeling and simulation of photovoltaic arrays," Buletinul AGIR, World Energy Systems. Towards Sustainable and Integrated Energy Systems (Paper presented at the 9th International World Energy System Conference WESC 2012, June 28-30, 2012, Suceava), no. 3, pp. 161-166, 2012. ISSN-L: 1224-7928, ISSN: 2247-3548

URL: http://www.buletinulagir.agir.ro/articol.php?id=1378

I. V. Banu, M. Istrate, D. Machidon, and R. Pantelimon, "Study regarding modeling photovoltaic arrays using test data in MATLAB/Simulink," Scientific Bulletin, Series C Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (International Conference on Energy and Environment - CIEM 2013, 7-8 November 2013, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Politehnica Press, pp. 7-12, ISSN: 2067-0893), vol. 2, no. 77, pp. 227-234, 2015, University Politehnica of Bucharest. ISSN: 2286-3540

URL: https://www.scientificbulletin.upb.ro/rev_docs_arhiva/full83f_148621.pdf

I. V. Banu, R Beniuga, and M. Istrate, "Study on Temperature for Modeling of Photovoltaic Solar Array using Experimental Test Data," Acta Electrotehnica (Special Issue Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Modern Power Systems MPS 2013, 28-31 May 2013, Cluj-Napoca), vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 51-54, Ed. Mediamira, 2013.

ISSN: 1841-3323

URL: http://www.et.utcluj.ro/mps/

I. V. Banu, R. Beniugă and M. Istrate, "Comparative analysis of the perturb-and-observe and incremental conductance MPPT methods," 2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED TOPICS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ATEE), Bucharest, 2013, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/ATEE.2013.6563483

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6563483&isnumber=6563346

I. V. Banu and M. Istrate, "Modeling of maximum power point tracking algorithm for photovoltaic systems," 2012 International Conference and Exposition on Electrical and Power Engineering, Iasi, 2012, pp. 953-957.

doi: 10.1109/ICEPE.2012.6463577

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6463577&isnumber=6463569

I. V. Banu, M. Istrate, D. Machidon and R. Pantelimon, "A study on anti-islanding detection algorithms for grid-tied photovoltaic systems," 2014 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (OPTIM), Bran, 2014, pp. 655-660. doi: 10.1109/OPTIM.2014.6850940

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6850940&isnumber=6850869

I. V. Banu and M. Istrate, "Islanding prevention scheme for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems in Matlab/Simulink," 2014 49th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), Cluj-Napoca, 2014, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/UPEC.2014.6934698

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6934698&isnumber=6934581

I. V. Banu and M. Istrate, "Study on three-phase photovoltaic systems under grid faults," 2014 International Conference and Exposition on Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), Iasi, 2014, pp. 1132-1137. doi: 10.1109/ICEPE.2014.6970086

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6970086&isnumber=6969853