Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Arrays

Author(s):

I. V. Banu; M. Istrate

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Iasi

Abstract:

This paper presents a method of modeling and simulation of photovoltaic arrays in MATLAB® /Simulink® using solar cell block from SimElectronics® library. The method is used to determine the characteristic of a particular photovoltaic cell panel and to study the influence of different values of solar radiation at different temperatures concerning performance of photovoltaic cells. This model it can be used for build a photovoltaic circuit model for any photovoltaic array. All modules which form the photovoltaic system model are individually modeled and validated in Simulink.

Keywords:

Modeling, Solar Cell, Photovoltaic Array, Simulation

Published in:

AGIR Bulletin, World Energy Systems. Towards Sustainable and Integrated Energy Systems

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Conference:

9th International World Energy System Conference (WESC), June 28-30, 2012, Suceava, Romania

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