A simple model of photovoltaic module electric characteristics

Author

Böke, Ulrich

Author_Institution

Philips Res., Aachen

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Power electronics is used in an increasing number of applications as connecting element between photovoltaic modules and electric loads. The design of power converters for these applications needs to consider hereby the electrical characteristics of solar cells. To support this, a behavioural model has been developed to characterise current, voltage and power of photovoltaic modules as function of solar cell temperature and solar radiation. It has the advantage to use only parameters that are available from data sheets plus a single fit parameter. Calculated diagrams are compared with diagrams of two photovoltaic module data sheets.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; solar cells; alternative energy; behavioural model; device modelling; electric loads; electrical energy generation; photovoltaic module data sheets; photovoltaic module electric characteristics; power converters; power electronics; solar cell temperature; solar radiation; Electric variables; Equations; Impedance; Inverters; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Solar radiation; Temperature; Voltage; Alternative energy; Device modelling; Generation of electrical energy; Photovoltaic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2007 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Aalborg

Print_ISBN

978-92-75815-10-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-92-75815-10-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2007.4417572

Filename

4417572