Title :
Identification of Photovoltaic Source Models
Author :
Chatterjee, Abir ; Keyhani, Ali ; Kapoor, Dhruv
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a photovoltaic (PV) model estimation method from the PV module data. The model is based on a single-diode model of a PV cell. The cell model of a module is extended to estimate the parameters of arrays. The variation of the parameters with change in temperature and irradiance is also studied. Finally, estimation of the maximum power point from the estimated parameters under varying environmental conditions is presented.
Keywords :
maximum power point trackers; photodiodes; photovoltaic power systems; solar cell arrays; PV cell model; PV module data; array parameter estimation; environmental conditions; maximum power point estimation; photovoltaic model estimation method; photovoltaic source model identification; single diode model; Arrays; Biological system modeling; Equations; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); modeling; photovoltaics (PVs);
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.2011.2159268
