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Mathematical Modeling of
Photovoltaic Module with Simulink
N. Pandiarajan and Ranganath Muthu
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
SSN College of Engineering
Kalavakkam -603110, TamilNadu, India
pandiarajann@ssn.edu.in
ranganathm@ssn.edu.in
Abstract This paper presents a unique step-by-step procedure Regardless of the intermittency of sunlight, solar energy is
for the simulation of photovoltaic modules with Matlab/ widely available and is free. Recently, photovoltaic system is
Simulink. One-diode equivalent circuit is employed in order to recognized to be in the forefront in renewable electric power
investigate I-V and P-V characteristics of a typical 36 W solar generation. It can generate direct current electricity without
module. The proposed model is designed with a user-friendly environmental impact and contamination when exposed to
icons and a dialog box like Simulink block libraries. solar radiation. Being a semiconductor device, the PV system is
static, quiet, free of moving parts, and has little operation and
Keywords - Photovoltaic module, Matlab/Simulink.
maintenance costs.
Iph is the light generated current in a PV module (A) Mathematical modeling of PV module is being continuously
updated to enable researcher to have a better understanding of
Io is the PV module saturation current (A) its working. [1]- [6]
A = B is an ideality factor = 1.6 In this paper, a step-by-step procedure for simulating PV
k is Boltzman constant = 1.3805 10 -23
J/K module with subsystem blocks, with user-friendly icons and
dialog in the same way as Matlab/ Simulink block libraries is
q is Electron charge = 1.6 10-19 C developed. Section III presents the PV module equivalent
circuit and equations for Ipv, the output current from the PV
Rs is the series resistance of a PV module
module. The reference model presented in section IV provides
ISCr is the PV module short-circuit current at 25 oC and data for Solkar make 36 W PV module for simulation. In
section V, the step-by-step modeling procedure of PV module
1000W/m2 = 2.55A is presented with simulation results. Finally, brief conclusions
Ki is the short-circuit current temperature co-efficient at are drawn in Section VI.
ISCr = 0.0017A / oC
III. MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR A
is the PV module illumination (W/m2) = 1000W/m2 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE
Ego is the band gap for silicon = 1.1 eV A solar cell is basically a p-n junction fabricated in a thin
wafer of semiconductor. The electromagnetic radiation of
Ns is the number of cells connected in series
solar energy can be directly converted to electricity through
Np is the number of cells connected in parallel photovoltaic effect. Being exposed to the sunlight, photons
with energy greater then the band-gap energy of the
II. INTRODUCTION semiconductor creates some electron-hole pairs proportional to
the incident irradiation.
Among the renewable energy resources, the energy due to
the photovoltaic (PV) effect can be considered the most
essential and prerequisite sustainable resource because of the The equivalent circuit of a PV cell is as shown in Figure 1.
ubiquity, abundance, and sustainability of solar radiant energy.
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V. STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE FOR SIMULINK
MODELING OF PV MODULE
A model of PV module with moderate complexity that
includes the temperature independence of the photocurrent
source, the saturation current of the diode, and a series
resistance is considered based on the Shockley diode equation.
Being illuminated with radiation of sunlight, PV cell
Figure 1. PV cell modeled as diode circuit converts part of the photovoltaic potential directly into
electricity with both I-V and P-V output characteristics.
The current source Iph represents the cell photocurrent. Rsh Using the equations given in section III, simulink modeling
and Rs are the intrinsic shunt and series resistances of the cell, is done in the following steps
respectively. Usually the value of Rsh is very large and that of
Rs is very small, hence they may be neglected to simplify the A. Step 1
analysis.
Subsystem 1 is shown in Figure 1. This model converts
the module operating temperature given in degrees Celsius to
PV cells are grouped in larger units called PV modules
Kelvin.
which are further interconnected in a parallel-series
configuration to form PV arrays.
Module photo-current:
Figure 2. Subsystem 1.
I ph = [ I SCr + K i (T 298)] * / 1000 (1)
Figure 3 gives the circuit under subsystem 1.
Module reverse saturation current - Irs:
I rs = I SCr /[exp(qVOC / N S kAT ) 1] (2)
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temperature TaK as input and calculates module saturation
current. Figure 9 gives the circuit under subsystem 4.
C. Step 3
Subsystem 3 is shown in Figure 6. This model takes short
circuit current ISC at reference temp. = 2.55A and Module Figure 9. Circuit under subsystem 4
reference temperature TrK = 25oC as input.
E. Step 5
Subsystem 5 is shown in Figure 10.
Figure 6. Subsystem 3
Figure 10: Subsystem 5.
Using equation 2, the reverse saturation current of the diode is This model takes operating temperature in Kelvin TaK and
calculated in subsystem 3. Figure 7 gives the circuit under calculates the product NsAkT, the denominator of the
subsystem 3. exponential function in equation (4). Figure 11 gives the
circuit under subsystem 5.
F. Step 6
Subsystem 6 is shown in Figure 12.
D. Step 4
Subsystem 4 is shown in Figure 8.
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Matlab code for plotting XY graph is given below.
plot (Vpv,Ipv)
plot (Vpv, Ppv)
The code for plotting scope signals is
plot(tout,Ipv)
H. Performance Estimation
With the developed model, the PV module characteristic is
estimated as follows.
Figure 15. Simulink model of PV module Figure 16(c). Output I-V characteristics with varying
irradiation
The final model takes irradiation, operating temperature in 4. The P-V output characteristics of PV module
Celsius and module voltage as input and gives the output with varying irradiation at constant temperature
current Ipv and output voltage Vpv. are shown in Figure 16(d).
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