Identification of Photovoltaic Source Models
Abir Chatterjee, Ali Keyhani, Dhruv Kapoor
Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH, USA ;
This paper appears in : IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion
Date: September 2011
Abstract:
This paper presents a photovoltaic (PV) model estimation
method from the PV module data. The model is based on
a single-diode model of a PV cell. The cell model of a module is
extended to estimate the parameters of arrays. The variation of
the parameters with change in temperature and irradiance is also
studied. Finally, estimation of the maximum power point from the
estimated parameters under varying environmental conditions is
presented.