MODELING AND SIMULATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FOR SOLAR POWER APPLICATION USING MATLAB.

Student: David Oko Ofadar
Supervisor: Engr Eko Akpama
HOD: Engr Etim Archibong
Department of Electrical /Electronics Engineering
Engineering
University of Cross River State, Calabar

Abstract

This project aims to investigate behaviour of a Photovoltaic (PV) module for solar power application. The study starts with a literature review of PV module. A PV module model was developed to evaluate the behavior of the system, and it was implemented in MATLAB/Simulink software. The dynamic characteristics lik I-V curve, P-V curve of the PV module was evaluated using variable environmental conditions such as Irradiance and ambient Temperature. From the simulation results, it was observed that the PV module exhibit the dynamic Characteristics of Physical PV module data sheet information and it serve as a tool to predict the behavior of any solar PV cells, modules and arrays under varying environmental conditions (temperature, irradiation and partially shading condition) and physical parameters (series resistance, shunt resistance, ideality factor etc).

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