Study on Characteristics of Photovoltaic Cells Based on MATLAB Simulation

Author

Wang NianCHun ; Wu MeiYue ; Shi GuoSheng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., SouthEast Univ., Nanjing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

As primary energy source such as coal and oil has been dried up and has bad influence on environment, human urgently need renewable energy which is friendly to environment. So in the future, solar energy will be very important energy source. It is noticeable that the output characteristics of a PV array are influenced by the environment factors, and the conversion efficiency of PV arrays is very low. Photovoltaic array simulations can be used to find better methods to implement maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control for efficient solar power systems. This paper establishes a kind of PV model based on the physical and mathematical models of photovoltaic array in application of MATLAB/Simulink. Conventional MPPT methods can be simulated by using this PV model. Characteristics of photovoltaic arrays based on MATLAB simulation are also analyzed.

Keywords

mathematics computing; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; solar cell arrays; MATLAB simulation; MPPT control; PV array; PV grid-connected system; energy source; maximum power point tracking; photovoltaic array simulations; photovoltaic cells; renewable energy; solar energy; solar power systems; Arrays; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation effects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2157-4839

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6253-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748713

Filename

5748713