Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) model is proposed on Matlab/Simulink environment considering the real atmospheric conditions and this PV model is tested with different PV panels technologies (monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, and thin film). The meteorological data of Istanbul—the location of the study—such as irradiance, cell temperature, and wind speed are taken into account in the proposed model for each technology. Eventually, the power outputs of the PV module under real atmospheric conditions are measured for resistive loading and these powers are compared with the results of proposed PV model. As a result of the comparison, it is shown that the proposed model is more compatible for monocrystal silicon and thin-film modules; however, it does not show a good correlation with polycrystalline silicon PV module.
Highlights
Solar energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources because it is being environmentally friendly, sustainable, and fuel cost-free
The cell parameters block in the block diagram uses ISC, IMP, VOC, and VMP values obtained in the standard test conditions to determine actual values of these parameters depending on the cell temperature and radiation
Measurements showed that cell temperature and wind speed have significant effect on PV panel output power
Summary
Solar energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources because it is being environmentally friendly, sustainable, and fuel cost-free. It has been observed that single-diode model gave accurate results in many studies [10, 11]. In a majority of these models catalog values are compared with experimental results by taking into account different environmental conditions [8, 12,13,14]. Single-diode model is used to develop an enhanced model in Simulink which takes irradiance, cell temperature, and wind speed values into consideration simultaneously. The presented model was applied on three different PV technologies (monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and thin film) individually while supplying a certain resistive load and compared with experimentally obtained PV panel values.
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