An Improved Nonlinear Five-Point Model for Photovoltaic Modules

This paper presents an improved nonlinear five-point model capable of analytically describing the electrical behaviors of a photovoltaic module for each generic operating condition of temperature and solar irradiance. The models used to replicate the electrical behaviors of operating PV modules are...

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Main Authors: Sakaros Bogning Dongue, Donatien Njomo, Lessly Ebengai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/680213
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description This paper presents an improved nonlinear five-point model capable of analytically describing the electrical behaviors of a photovoltaic module for each generic operating condition of temperature and solar irradiance. The models used to replicate the electrical behaviors of operating PV modules are usually based on some simplified assumptions which provide convenient mathematical model which can be used in conventional simulation tools. Unfortunately, these assumptions cause some inaccuracies, and hence unrealistic economic returns are predicted. As an alternative, we used the advantages of a nonlinear analytical five-point model to take into account the nonideal diode effects and nonlinear effects generally ignored, which PV modules operation depends on. To verify the capability of our method to fit PV panel characteristics, the procedure was tested on three different panels. Results were compared with the data issued by manufacturers and with the results obtained using the five-parameter model proposed by other authors.
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spelling doaj-art-110984c03a444de2a02fc29e2ab65ebd2025-08-20T03:17:15ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/680213680213An Improved Nonlinear Five-Point Model for Photovoltaic ModulesSakaros Bogning Dongue0Donatien Njomo1Lessly Ebengai2Environmental Energy Technologies Laboratory (EETL), Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, CameroonEnvironmental Energy Technologies Laboratory (EETL), Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, CameroonEnvironmental Energy Technologies Laboratory (EETL), Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, CameroonThis paper presents an improved nonlinear five-point model capable of analytically describing the electrical behaviors of a photovoltaic module for each generic operating condition of temperature and solar irradiance. The models used to replicate the electrical behaviors of operating PV modules are usually based on some simplified assumptions which provide convenient mathematical model which can be used in conventional simulation tools. Unfortunately, these assumptions cause some inaccuracies, and hence unrealistic economic returns are predicted. As an alternative, we used the advantages of a nonlinear analytical five-point model to take into account the nonideal diode effects and nonlinear effects generally ignored, which PV modules operation depends on. To verify the capability of our method to fit PV panel characteristics, the procedure was tested on three different panels. Results were compared with the data issued by manufacturers and with the results obtained using the five-parameter model proposed by other authors.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/680213
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