Single-diode Model Based Photovoltaic Module: Analysis and Comparison Approach

Abstract

Abstract—This article presents a thorough comparative analysis study for various kinds of single-diode model based photovoltaic power source. The main target is to explore the effect of increasing the embedded degree of complexity of the single-diode model on the simulated behavior of a particular photovoltaic module by comparing the dynamic performance of such photovoltaic models with the experimental data from the manufacturer's data sheet under varying atmospheric conditions. The relative errors between each photovoltaic single-diode model output and the experimentally validated data are computed at three indicative points, namely open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, and maximum power point. The result of this comparison leads to determining the best photovoltaic single diode module—the one that is more suitable than the others in the context of single diode model—to be applied in different power system applications irrespective of changing environmental conditions over different periods of the day. The comparison study in this article concludes by determining the relevant single-diode model at low, medium, and high temperatures and irradiance levels as well as at standard test conditions.

Keywords:

• PV module
• ideal
• parallel
• series
• series parallel
• single diode model

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Ahmad H. Besheer

Ahmad H. Besheer received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees all from Electrical Power and Machines Department, Cairo University. He was with ABB-ARAB, Egypt from 1993 to 1995. From 1996 to 2000, he was with New and Renewable Energy Authority, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Egypt. From 2008-2013, he was an Assistant Professor at EE Department at University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Presently, he is an Associate Professor and within the research team of ESRI at University of Sadat City, Egypt. Dr. Besheer is a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is also a member of the IEEE Electric Vehicles Technical Community, and the IEEE Smart Grid Technical community. He is serving as a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal in Research Studies for Science, Engineering and Technology (IJRSSET). His research interest include recent optimization techniques, Artificial Intelligent Control and renewable energy applications.

Ahmed M. Kassem

Ahmed M. Kassem received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Assiut University, Egypt in 1991, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven Technical University, Netherlands in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Minia University, Minia, Egypt in 2006. Dr. Kassem is currently an associate professor of electrical power engineering in Beni Suef University, Egypt. His research interests include voltage stability analysis, power systems operation and control, renewable energy, electric machines control and intelligent control applications.

Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz

Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz received B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1985 and 1990, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering according to the channel system between Ain Shams University, Egypt, and Brunel University, England, in 1996. He is currently a professor of electrical power engineering at Ain Shams University. He is a senior editor of Ain Shams Engineering Journal, editor of Electric Power Components & Systems, and a member of editorial board in several international journals. He has been awarded many prizes for distinct research and international publishing from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He has authored or co-authored more than 170 refereed journal and conference papers in his research areas, which include the applications of artificial intelligence and new optimization techniques in power system protection, operation, planning and control.