MODELING AND SIMULATION OF A STANDALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Abstract
This project work is aim at carrying out “Modeling and Simulation of a Standalone
Photovoltaic System”. The increase in hazardous gaseous emission from the conventional source
of energy has motivated many scientists to research on the alternate sources of energy which is cleaner.
The chief source of renewable energy is the solar energy. The cleanness of this form of energy source
motivated this research work. In this work, the researcher is aimed at increasing the efficiency of solar
array system developed. This work was undertaken to develop a clean photovoltaic technology that
will provide sustainable energy supply and bring solutions to the environmental pollution that is always
associated with the conventional energy sources. The system is intended to be an environmentally
friendly solution since it tries maximizing the use of renewable energy source. This work involves the
development of a PV model using a single diode model. The developed model was further
approximated to obtain the simulation model based on the ideal operating condition of a diode. In this
work, hundred cells were used to estimate the maximum power of the developed system using
MATLAB/Simulink simulation. The simulation result showed a maximum power of 1.2KW using one
hundred cells.
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