A programmable direct current (DC) power supply with Real-time Digital Simulator (RTDS)-based photovoltaic (PV) Power Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL) simulators has been used to improve the control algorithm and reliability of a PV inverter. This paper proposes a supervisory control algorithm for a PV PHIL simulator with a non-RTDS device that is an alternative solution to a high-cost PHIL simulato...

Received Apr 4, 2017 Revised May 9, 2017 Accepted Jun 30, 2017 This paper proposes a power management strategy of parallel inveters based system, to enhance the power generation capacity of the existing system with distributed energy sources one has to choose DG source based inverter connected in parallel with the existing system.Two DG sources PV, Fuel cells feeds the DC voltage to two paralle...

This paper shows the behaviour of of a microgrid which is fed by a PV source and the output of the grid which is controlled by a hysteresis controller . Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is used to track the maximum power, a Boost (dc to dc) converter is used to obtain the impedance matching between the PV array and the load. A solar inverter is used to convert DC input current to AC current ...

This paper deals with the determination of the nonlinear I–V parameters of the equation by adjusting the curve at three points: open circuit, maximum power, and short circuit. Given these three points, which are provided by all commercial array datasheets, the method finds the best currentvoltage (I–V) equation for the Single-diode photovoltaic (PV) model including the effect of the series and ...

The mathematic models for thermal, and PV solar power inserted in the ESP-r, which is the integrating building energy and environment simulation tool, were verified with the measured da ta. Using the verified model, the energy performance of an office building, equipped toward the south with conventional absorptive single facade or unventilated double PV facade or outward ventilated double PV f...

To date, virtually all photovoltaic (PV) systems employ series-connected PV cells to some degree. A typical 4kW residential solar array, for example, might comprise a dozen series-connected 200-W modules, or roughly 864 cells connected in series. The virtues of this arrangement are (1) that the system’s conductive losses are well managed because the array output current is no higher than that o...

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...

In this paper, photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected inverter which is the core device in PV grid-connected system has been in depth research.An improved predictive current controller has been developed by the Authors for single-phase grid-connected voltage source inverters (VSI).Based on DSP TMS320LF2407A, a 10 kW single-phase grid-connected inverter has been built in this paper.Thus is aimed at us...

The study offers updated and more accurate information about long-term annual solar resource in the most countries of Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EU-MENA) and evaluates PV power production potential. The underlying solar radiation and PV electricity output values are calculated form the solar and meteo database SolarGIS, which covers a history of recent 18 years. Direct Normal Irradia...

This paper reports an experimental investigation of the dust particle deposition process on solar photovoltaic (PV) modules with different surface temperatures by a heating plate to illustrate the effect of the temperature difference (thermophoresis) between the module surface and the surrounding air on the dust accumulation process under different operating temperatures. In general, if the tem...