Enhancing the Performances of PV Array Configurations Under Partially Shaded Conditions: A Comparative Study

LAHCEN EL IYSAOUY, Mhammed LAHBABI, Abdelmajid OUMNAD

Abstract


In this paper, we propose to modelize and analyze the performance of some existing solar photovoltaic (PV) array configurations such as Series Parallel (SP), Bridge Link (BL), Honey Comb (HC), Total Cross Tied (TCT) and proposed configuration Sudoku.  Simulations are based on complex model two diode of solar cell using Matlab and Simulink tools. The PV configurations performance of all these configurations have been compared using P–V characteristics, power loss for different shading patterns. Comprehensive simulations are carried out on these configurations. The proposed configuration, Sudoku, performance have found surpass the other PV configurations for the same shading patterns.

Keywords


PV configurations (CPV), Partial Shade, Series-parallel (SP), Bridge-Linked (BL), Honey-Comb (HC), Total-Cross-tied (TCT), Sudoku, Shorts Narrow (SN), Shorts Wide (SW), Long Narrow (LN), Wide Long (LW).

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