Title :
A complete model of stand-alone photovoltaic array in MATLAB-Simulink environment
Author :
Rahmani, R. ; Fard, M. ; Shojaei, A.A. ; Othman, M.F. ; Yusof, R.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Artificial Intell. & Robot., Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
In this paper, a photovoltaic array has been modeled and developed for MATLAB-Simulink environment. The PVA model has been developed by basic circuitry equations of a photovoltaic array, considering the effects of ambient temperature, solar radiation and natural specifications of the photovoltaic cell. For evaluating the model, two different types of the loads have been utilized, a direct coupled DC load and an AC load via a three phase IGBT inverter. The proper matching circuits have been simulated and the output results and characteristics validate that the present study has higher quality in output waveforms.
Keywords :
insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; mathematics computing; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; solar radiation; AC load; MATLAB-Simulink environment; ambient temperature; circuitry equations; direct coupled DC load; matching circuits; natural specifications; photovoltaic cell; solar radiation; stand-alone photovoltaic array; three phase IGBT inverter; Arrays; Equations; Inverters; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; IGBT inverter; MATLAB-Simulink environment; Photovoltaic Array model; Power Generation; Total Harmonic Distortion;
Conference_Titel :
Research and Development (SCOReD), 2011 IEEE Student Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cyberjaya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0099-5
DOI :
10.1109/SCOReD.2011.6148706
