SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS WITH MATLAB ®

Dr. Ayedh H. Alqahtani

Public Authority for Applied Education & Training
KUWAIT

Copyright © 2020

By Ayedh Alqahtani
 Contents outline:

Chapter 1: Introduction

 A brief history

 Types of PV systems

 PV system applications

 PV pros and cons

Chapter 2: Sun Energy

 Solar radiation: 1) solar irradiance (solar power) 2) solar irradiation (solar energy)

 Sun and earth

 Atmospheric effects

 PV system orientation

 Solar radiation estimation

 PV system site analysis (ch3 pv design and isn’t mnual)

Chapter 3: PV device physical and electrical characteristics

 PV cells

 PV cells materials

 Photovoltaic effects and the p-n junction

 Equivalent circuit for PV cell

 Interconnection of PV cells 1) Modules 2) Arrays

 PV module performance test conditions

 PV Current-voltage characteristic (data sheet details)

 Operating point and maximum power point

 Temperature and irradiance effect

 Shading effect

Chapter 4: PV Power control

 Matching DC loads to PV modules (ch1 PV design and isn’t mnual)

 Battery and PV charge control (Rashid pp.727 and pp. 219 dunlop)

 Maximum power point tracking (MPPT, Rashid pp.727 and PV design and isn’t

mnual pp. 75)

Chapter 5: Inverters for PV systems

 Inverter operating principles

 Stand-alone inverters

 Grid-connected inverters

 AC module inverters

 Power conditioning unit (PCU)

Chapter 6: PV systems sizing

 Stand-alone PV system sizing (subtitles………)

 Grid-connected PV system sizing (subtitles……)

Appendix A MATLAB Basics

Appendix B Simulink Basics

References

Index