Accurate analysis of small shadows effects on photovoltaic systems yield

Author

Guerriero, P. ; Di Napoli, F. ; Cominale, F. ; d´Alessandro, Vincenzo ; Daliento, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol. (DIETI), Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

18-20 June 2014

Firstpage

987

Lastpage

992

Abstract

Small shadows are often neglected in the prediction of energy producible by photovoltaic systems. This is mostly due to the lack of specific tools available in commercial design software packages, which neither allow realistic drawings nor can account for individual solar cells currents. In this paper the effects of small shadows are accurately analyzed with reference to two special cases, a TV antenna and self-shading. The analysis is based on the interaction between highly specialized and powerful software, AUTOCAD, MATLAB and PSpice, which allow an utmost degree of accuracy.

Keywords

CAD; mathematics computing; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; solar cells; AUTOCAD; MATLAB; PSpice; TV antenna; accurate small shadows effect analysis; commercial design software packages; energy prediction; photovoltaic systems yield; self shading; solar cells currents; Antennas; Inverters; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; autocad; partial shading; pspice modeling; self shading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2014 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ischia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2014.6872081

Filename

6872081