Development of a GUI for parallel connected solar arrays

Author

Nagarajan, Nisha ; Kimball, Jonathan W.

Author_Institution

Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

25-26 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This work describes the development of a software package with a graphical user interface (GUI) for the evaluation of a solar array. The paper presents MATLAB-based simulations for various configurations of solar panels and compares these configurations on basis of power output and photovoltaic characteristics, via current-voltage and power-voltage curves. The simulation used field data to consider partial shading of the array. The computations also consider integrated power converters.

Keywords

graphical user interfaces; mathematics computing; power convertors; power engineering computing; software packages; solar cell arrays; GUI; MATLAB-based simulations; current-voltage curves; field data; graphical user interface; integrated power converters; parallel connected solar arrays; partial shading; photovoltaic characteristics; power output; power-voltage curves; software package; solar panels; Arrays; Converters; Graphical user interfaces; Mathematical model; Resistance; Software; Temperature; Array configurations; Graphical User Interface; Integrated Power Converters; Photovoltaic characteristics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8051-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8050-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PECI.2011.5740484

Filename

5740484