Modelling and simulation of photovoltaic arrays under varying conditions

Author

Burns, Pharaoh ; Anani, Nader

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Manchester, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

23-25 July 2014

Firstpage

831

Lastpage

834

Abstract

This paper presents the modelling and simulation results of the effects of varying conditions on the characteristic of a PV (photovoltaic) array with due account of its use in residential applications. The varying conditions include insolation, temperature and arbitrary partial shading. A model of a PV array is developed by modifying the model of a basic PV cell found in the SimElectronics toolbox of the Simulink/MATLAB software, which uses the two-diode model of a PV cell. The model parameters were modified to match a given set of parameters provided by a particular datasheet. The simulation results concurred with those found in the relevant datasheets. The software can be used as a computer-aided design tool to aid the design of PV arrays taking into account the effects of the said conditions.

Keywords

CAD; diodes; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor device models; PV cell; SimElectronics toolbox; Simulink/MATLAB software; arbitrary partial shading; computer-aided design tool; photovoltaic arrays; residential applications; two-diode model; Integrated circuit modeling; Load modeling; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Temperature; Turning; MATLAB modelling; MPPT; Multiple MPP; partial shading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2014 9th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSNDSP.2014.6923942

Filename

6923942