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A Photovoltaic Panel Model in Matlab - Final
A Photovoltaic Panel Model in Matlab - Final
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Shivananda Pukhrem*
*shivananda.pukhrem@yahoo.com,196409@student.pwr.wroc.pl
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Program: Renewable Energy System
Wroclaw University of Technology, 27 Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego St., 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Abstract— A circuit based simulation model for a PV cell for estimating the IV characteristic
curves of photovoltaic panel with respect to changes on environmental parameters (temperature
and irradiance) and cell parameters (parasitic resistance and ideality factor).This paper could be
used to analyze in the development of MPPT (maximum power point tracking) algorithm. Using a
Shockley diode equation, an accurate simulink PV panel model is developed. 60W Solarex MSX60
PV panel is chosen for evaluating the developed model.
Index Terms—Photovoltaic (PV), Shockley diode, irradiance, Matlab/Simulink, IV and PV curves and MPPT.
A. A PV cell model
II. The Physics of Photovoltaic cell
A simplest equivalent circuit of a solar cell
A simple solar cell consist of solid state p-n is a current source in parallel with a diode.
junction fabricated from a semiconductor The output of the current source is directly
proportional to the solar energy (photons)
that hits on the solar cell (photocurrent Iph). 3. (3)
During darkness, the solar cell is not an
active device; it works as a diode, i.e. a p-n
4. (4)
junction. It produces neither a current nor a
voltage. However, if it is allowed to connect
to an external source (large voltage) it 5. (5)
generates a current Id, called diode (D)
current or dark current. The diode
determines the IV characteristics of the cell. 6. (6)
7. (7)
8. (8)
Used V. Nomenclature from page-6 for the
(1)-(8) equations variables.
Fig 2 shows the characteristic of IV curve.
The net current I is obtained from the photo
current Iph and the diode current Id [11].
Current A
2
1.5
0.5
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Volatge V
Fig: 5 shows the IV curves at different Fig: 8 shows the IV curves at different
irradiance G (W/ ) with constant under STC with =0.18 ohm.
=25ºC and AM=1.5. 4
Under STC with Rp=360 ohm and diff. parasitic shunt resistor(Rp)
Rp=5 ohm
Top=25°C and different Irradiance Rp=10 ohm
4
3.5
G=1000 W/m2 Rp=50 ohm
3.5 G=800 W/m2 3 Rp=360 ohm
G=600 W/m2 Rp=1000 ohm
3 2.5
G=400 W/m2
Current A
G=200 W/m2 2
2.5
Current A
2 1.5
1.5 1
1 0.5
0.5
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
0 Volatge V
0 5 10 15 20 25
Volatge V
Fig: 6 shows the IV curves at different Fig: 9 shows the IV curves at different
(ºC) with constant G=1000 W/ and under STC with =0.18 ohm and =360
AM=1.5. ohm.
Under G=1000 W/sq.m and different Top Under STC with Rs=0.18 ohm Rp=360 ohm and at different n
4
4 n=1.18
Top=0°C
n=1.36
3.5 Top=25°C 3.5
n=1.54
Top=50°C n=1.72
3 n=1.90
3 Top=75°C
Top=100°C
2.5 2.5
Current A
Current A
2 2
1.5 1.5
1 1
0.5 0.5
0 0
0 5 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 15 20 25
Volatge V Volatge V