A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL MODEL IN MATLAB/SIMULINK

A circuit based simulation model for a PV cell for estimating the IV and PV characteristic curves.

Description

A circuit based simulation model for a PV cell for estimating the IV and PV characteristic curves of photovoltaic modules with respect to changes on environmental parameters (temperature and irradiance) and cell parameters (parasitic resistors).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.

• Required Products: SimElectronics; Simulink; MATLAB
• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.11 (R2010b)