Comments on “An Analytical Solution for Tracking Photovoltaic Module MPP”

Author

Kuperman, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Ariel Univ., Ariel, Israel

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Mar-14

Firstpage

734

Lastpage

735

Abstract

In the paper “An Analytical Solution for Tracking Photovoltaic Module MPP” by Farivar et al. (IEEE J. Photovolt., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1053-1061, Jul. 2013), a new method for approximating the maximum power point of a solar panel that is based on a single-diode equivalent circuit characteristic equation was proposed. The technique was shown to be computationally efficient and capable of retrieving the maximum power point in one step. The purpose of this note is complementing the method proposed by Farivar et al. by analytically demonstrating its validity.

Keywords

approximation theory; equivalent circuits; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic cells; power semiconductor diodes; solar cells; maximum power point approximation; maximum power point retrieval; photovoltaic module MPP tracking; single-diode equivalent circuit characteristic equation; solar panel; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation effects; Standards; Temperature distribution; Analytical solution; maximum power point (MPP); single-diode equivalent circuit; solar panel;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photovoltaics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2156-3381

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2299396

Filename

6717995