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Photovoltaic Model Based on Manufacture’s Datasheet: Experimental Validation for Different Photovoltaic Technologies

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A Practical Guide for Advanced Methods in Solar Photovoltaic Systems

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In this chapter, three different commercialized photovoltaic (PV) technologies—polycrystalline silicon (poly C–Si), copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) and cadmium telluride (CdTe)—are investigated in terms of several aspects. A PV model based on manufacture’s datasheet has been presented. Its originality consists in the using of a simple procedure which takes only the datasheet parameters into account to identify the series resistance (Rs) of solar cells. Moreover, the ideality factor (n) value is adapted to fit the solar cell technology. Both the identified Rs and n values have been used within the solar cell block provided by MATLAB Simscape toolbox to model different PV modules having different technologies, as well as to predict their characteristics (current–voltage (I–V) and Power–Voltage (P–V)). A test facility is employed to carry out the required tests for assessing the PV model. Obtained experimental results under different climate conditions are compared with simulated ones. The comparison is carried out by evaluating four statistical errors with a view of measuring the accuracy of the proposed model in predicting the I–V and P–V characteristics.

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The authors would like to thanks Dr. V. Lughi, from Trieste University, Italy, for the useful database.

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    R. Boukenoui

  2. Renewable Energy Laboratory, Jijel University, 18000, Jijel, Algeria

    A. Mellit

  3. Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio, 6/A, 34127, Trieste, Italy

    A. Massi Pavan

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Boukenoui, R., Mellit, A., Massi Pavan, A. (2020). Photovoltaic Model Based on Manufacture’s Datasheet: Experimental Validation for Different Photovoltaic Technologies. In: Mellit, A., Benghanem, M. (eds) A Practical Guide for Advanced Methods in Solar Photovoltaic Systems. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 128. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43473-1_12

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