A tool for Photovoltaic panels modeling and testing

Author

Adamo, F. ; Attivissimo, F. ; Spadavecchia, M.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Meas. Lab., DEE - Polytech. of Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

3-6 May 2010

Firstpage

1463

Lastpage

1466

Abstract

This paper presents the results obtained testing a tool designed to characterize and simulate the behavior of a Photovoltaic (PV) panel under real and/or simulated working conditions. The presented tool permits the continuous monitoring of the I-V (Current-Voltage) and P-V (Power-Voltage) characteristics of the panel and the comparison between actual and expected performance; in this way it is possible to prevent any possible decrease of the output power and to replace the monitored module before it goes out of order or its efficiency falls under a given threshold.

Keywords

equivalent circuits; photovoltaic cells; solar cell arrays; monitored module; photovoltaic panels modeling; Diodes; Electric variables measurement; Electronic equipment testing; Equivalent circuits; Mathematical model; Parameter estimation; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Solar power generation; Temperature; Newton´s method; Photovoltaic panel; characterization; component; mathematical model; optimization algorithm; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2832-8

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488070

Filename

5488070