Enhancing the power output of partially shaded PV array using column shift right‐left panel arrangement based array reconfiguration technique

Abstract

Array reconfiguration techniques applied for partially shaded photovoltaic array yield maximum power output via row current minimization and shade dispersion. Both static and dynamic reconfiguration techniques are utilized for power maximization. Noticeable advantages like one time rearrangement, effective shade dispersion, and easy steps made physical or static more popular. With profound necessity to simplify the mathematical procedure and reduced complexity, in this work, a highly competent Column shift Right-Left panel arrangement based array reconfiguration technique is proposed. It follows simple relocation steps to disperse even complex shade occurrences. To justify the versatility of the method, three different shade cases together with economy analysis and qualitative comparative study with five different existing methods including Total Cross Tied, Su Do Ku, Column method, Dominance Square, Improved Su Do Ku and Sky Scrapper methods are analysed. As a result of its implementation, power generation has aroused to a maximum of 13.47%, 4.35%, 14.01%, 9.97%, 3.45%, and 2.43%, for Top Left Corner shade case compared to conventional techniques. Further, economy analysis indicates that a maximum revenue is generated with proposed work. To strengthen the performance analysis, an experimental study on 3 × 3 PV array based on six performance metrics is carried out. For all the test cases conducted, an effective shade dispersion with the proposed method is achieved with the highest power output.