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Modeling and study of a standalone PV system using MATLAB/SIMULINK

Mohammed Aslam Husain*, M. Faisal Jalil**, M. Tabish S Beg***, M. Naseem****, Abu Tariq*****

* Head of Department, Electrical Engineering Department, University polytechnic, Integral University Lucknow, India.

**-***-**** Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India.

***** Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India.

Periodicity:April - June'2012
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jee.5.4.1863

Abstract

The paper presents the modeling of a standalone PV system in Matlab/Simulink environment. The PV model is developed using basic circuit equations of the photovoltaic (PV) solar cells including the effects of solar irradiation and temperature changes. A DC/DC buck converter is used to decrease the array voltage to that of battery and connected DC load. The buck converter is controlled to extract the maximum power output of PV panel. The equations of the model are presented in details. Firstly the mathematical modeling of a solar cell is done, then how a solar module, array and panel is obtained using that cell is shown clearly. Different characteristics of cell, module, and array have been obtained for different parameters. Secondly a standalone model of PV system in modeled and analyzed. Solar PV panel is a nonlinear power source that needs accurate identification of optimal operating point. It is desired to operate Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) panel at its maximum power output for economic reasons. This paper is useful to model, simulate and study the effect of changing ambient conditions of a standalone PV system.

Keywords

SPV array, insolation, temperature, MATLAB simulation.

How to Cite this Article?

Mohammed Aslam Husain, M. Faisal Jalil, M. Tabish S Beg, M. Naseem and Abu Tariq (2012). Modeling And Study Of A Standalone PV System Using MATLAB/SIMULINK. i-manager’s Journal on Electrical Engineering, 5(4), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.26634/jee.5.4.1863

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