MATLAB-Graphical User Interface to study partial shading of PV array characteristics

Author

Bays, Nathan ; Clifton, Jared ; Hatipoglu, Kenan

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., West Virginia Univ. Inst. of Technol., Montgomery, AL, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The photovoltaic (PV) arrays can be affected by several factors such as temperature, shading, solar insolation, and the array configuration. In some cases, PV arrays can be completely or partially shaded by obstacles such as clouds and trees or manmade structures. The PV characteristics become complex with the shading effect on the system. Therefore to achieve the maximum power possible, it is important to understand and predict such occurrences. This paper presents a MATLAB Graphical User Interface (GUI) for studying the PV array characteristics under partial shading.

Keywords

graphical user interfaces; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; GUI; MATLAB graphical user interface; MATLAB-graphical user interface; PV array characteristics; PV characteristics; array configuration; manmade structures; partial shading; photovoltaic arrays; solar insolation; temperature; Degradation; Graphical user interfaces; Indexes; Insulation; Insulation life; MATLAB; Temperature distribution; Array configuration; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); partial shading; photovoltaic (PV) characteristics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SOUTHEASTCON 2014, IEEE

Conference_Location

Lexington, KY

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2014.6950643

Filename

6950643