Hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector, combining photovoltaic cells with a solar thermal collector, can simultaneously convert solar energy into electricity and heat energy. In this paper, a novel photovoltaic/thermal integrated heat pump (PV/T-HP) system was developed, in which the PV/T collector also acted as evaporator of heat pump. Two types of PV/T collectors with conventional coppe...

Water pumping using AC motors has become one of the most feasible photovoltaic (PV) applications. Moreover, PV pumping is getting more attention in recent days mainly in remote areas where connection to the grid is technically not possible. Power generation by Photovoltaic is reliable. The operation and maintenance costs are low. The induction motor is more rugged, and maintenance-free motor. I...

School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University. Vellore – 632014. Tamilnadu. India In this paper, we present a novel maximum power point tracking method for a photovoltaic system consisting of a photovoltaic panel with a power electronic converter; the whole is feeding a battery. This maximum power point depends on the temperature and irradiation conditions. A robust control using a PI regula...

The main purpose of this paper is to propose an intelligent fault diagnostic method for photovoltaic (PV) systems. First, Solar Pro software package was used to simulate a photovoltaic system for gathering power generation data of photovoltaic modules during normal operations and malfunctions. Then, the collected power generation data was used to construct matter-element models based on extensi...

This paper presents a study on Proportional Resonant (PR) current control with additional PR harmonic compensators for Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters. Both simulation and experimental results will be presented. Testing was carried out on a 3kW Grid-Connected PV Inverter which was designed and constructed for this research. Keywords—Inverters, Proportional-Resonant Controllers, Harmo...

This paper presents the optimal design and simulation of a grid-connected Photovoltaic (PV) system to supply electric power to meet the energy demand by Electrical Department in University of Tripoli Libya. Solar radiation is the key factor determining electricity produced by photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper is designed to develop a novel method to calculate the solar photovoltaic generati...

1PG Scholar, Department of EEE, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tamilnadu, Indian 2Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tamilnadu, Indian ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Due to the decade of fossil fuel ...

Photovoltaic generation is the technique which uses photovoltaic cell to convert solar energy to electric energy. Nowadays, PV generation is developing increasingly fast as a renewable energy source. However, the disadvantage is that PV generation is intermittent because it depends considerably on weather conditions. This paper proposes an intelligent control method for the maximum power point ...

This paper presents modeling of Photovoltaic (PV) module using MATLAB/Simulink. The model is developed on the basis of mathematical model of the PV module. The PV module of VIKRAM SOLAR PANEL PVELDORA 230 is selected for the experimental and technical data to analyze the developed model. The objective of this paper is to develop a model to simulate the behavior of a photovoltaic cell. Both mode...