Simple Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic Panels Using Matlab/Simulink

This paper introduces the simple method of the mathematical modeling and simulation of current-voltage characteristics for photovoltaic panel. The aim of this modeling is to simply the nonlinear I-V model of photovoltaic panel to easily apply the model to the circuit simulators such as SPICE. So this paper is finding the parameters for the nonlinear I-V equations based on only the data such as open circuit voltage, short circuit current, voltage and current at Maximum power point and temperature coefficient for voltage and current at the nominal condition or the standard test condition which are obtained from manufacturer’s datasheet.