Computer tools to aid the learning and design steps for photovoltaic systems

Author

Sampaio, Leonardo P. ; De Brito, Moacyr A G ; Melo, Guilherme A e ; Canesin, Carlos A.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Sao Paulo State Univ. - UNESP, Ilha Solteira, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

11-15 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1021

Lastpage

1026

Abstract

This paper presents novel simulation tools to assist the lecturers about learning processes on renewable energy sources, considering photovoltaic (PV) systems. The PV behavior, functionality and its interaction with power electronic converters are investigated in the simulation tools. The main PV output characteristics, I (current) versus V (voltage) and P (power) versus V (voltage), were implemented in the tools, in order to aid the users for the design steps. In order to verify the effectiveness of the developed tools the simulation results were compared with Matlab®. Finally, a prototype was implemented with the purpose to compare the experimental results with the results from the proposed tools, validating its operational feasibility.

Keywords

learning (artificial intelligence); mathematics computing; photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; power engineering computing; renewable energy sources; Matlab; PV output characteristics; PV systems; computer tools; learning processes; photovoltaic systems; power electronic converters; renewable energy sources; Computational modeling; Integrated circuit modeling; Java; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power electronics; Radiation effects; Java Simulation Tools; Photovoltaic Modeling; Photovoltaic Systems; Power Electronics; Renewable Energy Sources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Conference (COBEP), 2011 Brazilian

Conference_Location

Praiamar

ISSN

2175-8603

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1644-7

Electronic_ISBN

2175-8603

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COBEP.2011.6085186

Filename

6085186