Identification of PV Source Models
Dhruv Kapoor, Visiting Student
Ali Keyhani, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Abir Chatterjee, Ph.D. Student
The Ohio State University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Columbus Ohio 43210
Tel: 614-292-4430
Fax: 614-292-7596
Keyhani.1@osu.edu
2007
ABSTRACT: Smart Grids are one of the solutions proposed to handle today’s increasing energy demands in a reliable, efficient, and clean fashion. Smart Grids often utilize a number of sources that are not a part of the main utility supply to either augment the supply, or to feed power back to the mains. This report attempts to develop a system for modeling of a solar cell array that would likely function as a part of an entire smart grid installation. The objective is to develop in thorough detail a method to find the parameters of the single-exponential model using only values provided in the data sheet of the panel. The report expounds step by step modeling procedure with clarity and in greater mathematical detail, and provides a thorough and intensive set of algorithms to successfully solve the equations developed herein.