This Paper presents Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of Photovoltaic Array under partial shading condition. The power available at the output of photovoltaic cells keeps changing with solar insolation and ambient temperature because photovoltaic cells exhibit a nonlinear current voltage characteristic. A good number of publications report on different MPPT techniques for PV system most of th...

This paper presents modeling and simulation of Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) system by using improved mathematical model. The model is used to study different parameter variations and effects on the PV array including operating temperature and solar irradiation level. In this paper stepped P&O algorithm is proposed for MPPT control. This algorithm will identify the suitable duty ratio in whi...

Photovoltaic power supplied to the utility grid is gaining more and more visibility while the world’s powers demand is increases. Growing demand, advancements in semiconductor technology and magnetic materials such as high frequency inductor cores, has a significant impact on PV inverter topologies and their efficiencies, on the improvement of the control circuits on the potential of costs redu...

The transient photovoltaic (PV) characteristic of HgCdTe PV array is studied using an ultrafast laser. The photoresponse shows an apparent negative valley first, then it evolves into a positive peak. By employing a combined theoretical model of pn junction and Schottky potential, this photo-response polarity changing curves can be interpreted well. An obvious decreasing of ratio of negative val...

Solar energy is clean, renewable and its decentralized character is appropriate well at the scattered state of the zones with low density of population. The cost of electricity from the solar array system is more expensive than the electricity from the utility grid. So, it is necessary to operate the PV system at maximum efficiency by tracking maximum power point at any environmental condition....

The present work investigates a real time implementation of a photovoltaic grid connected chain, based on fuzzy logic MPPT controller (FLC). The implementation is realized on a dSPACE 1104 single board, controlling a boost chopper in the PV array side and a VSI inverter in the grid side. The FLC tracks permanently the maximum power point of the PV array without any prior information on the syst...

Increasing the effectiveness of photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems is a major barrier to their widespread use. Partial shading conditions (PSCs), which are caused by nearby objects like trees, buildings, and clouds, reduce energy produced PV may be mitigated reconfiguration arrays. A novel approach dubbed modified series-parallel (MSP) setup, was suggested in this paper compares its per...

Photovoltaic (PV) energy is the most important energy resource since it is clean, pollution free, and inexhaustible. Due to rapid growth in the semiconductor and power electronics techniques, it is important to operate PV energy conversion systems near the maximum power point to increase the output efficiency of PV arrays. The output power of PV arrays is always changing with weather conditions...

We present an end-to-end modeling framework, spanning the device, module and also system levels, for analyzing thin film photovoltaics (PV). This approach is based on embedding a detailed, statistically relevant, physics based equivalent circuit into module and array level simulations. This approach enables us to analyze key variability and reliability issues in thin film PV, and allows us to i...