Photovoltaic Cell and Module I-V Characteristic Approximation Using Bézier Curves
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Definition of the Bézier Curves
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. I-V Characteristic Approximation with Two Segments and a Quadratic Bézier Curve
4.2. I-V Characteristic Approximation with Three Cubic Bézier Curves
4.3. Data Fitting Using the Least Squares Method
4.4. Parameter Variation
4.5. Final Validation
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Files
Supplementary File 1Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Nomenclature
Main Symbols | |
Diode ideality factor | |
Actual irradiance | |
Reference irradiance, 1000 W/m2 | |
Output current | |
Output current at maximum power point | |
Short circuit current | |
Short circuit current 25 °C | |
Boltzmann constant | |
Current temperature coefficient, A/K | |
Voltage temperature coefficient, V/K | |
temperature exponent | |
Number of series cells | |
Maximum output power | |
Electron charge | |
Series resistance | |
Series resistance at 25 °C | |
Series resistance based on I-V characteristic slope close to | |
Parallel (shunt) resistance | |
Parallel (shunt) resistance, at 25 °C | |
Parallel (shunt) resistance based on I-V characteristic slope close to | |
Internal temperature, (K) | |
Reference temperature 298.15 K | |
Temperature difference | |
Output voltage | |
Open circuit voltage | |
Open circuit reference voltage at 25 °C | |
Solar cell open circuit voltage | |
Solar cell open circuit reference voltage at 25 °C | |
Output voltage at maximum power point | |
Abbreviations | |
AM | Air Mass |
MPPT | Maximum Power Point Tracking |
PV | Photovoltaic |
SAS | Solar Array Simulator |
STC | Standard Test Conditions (cell temp. 25 °C; irradiance 1000 W/m2; air mass 1.5) |
Greek Symbols | |
Series resistance temperature coefficient (linear law) |
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Symbol | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
Cell open circuit voltage | 0.699 V | |
Short circuit current | 9.207 A | |
Maximum power voltage | 0.572 V | |
Maximum power current | 8.756 A | |
Shunt resistance at | 73.19 Ω | |
Series resistance at | 3.8 mΩ |
Symbol | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
Cell open circuit voltage | 44.68 V | |
Short circuit current | 8.24 A | |
Maximum power voltage | 37.66 V | |
Maximum power current | 7.70 A | |
Shunt resistance at | 316 Ω | |
Series resistance at | 130 mΩ | |
Current temperature coefficient | 3.296 mA/K | |
Voltage temperature coefficient | −146.256 mV/K | |
Number of series cell | 72 |
Point | coordinate (V) | coordinate (A) |
---|---|---|
First line segment | ||
0 | 9.207 | |
0.4893 | 9.2003 | |
Quadratic Bézier Curve | ||
0.4893 | 9.2003 | |
0.6070 | 9.1987 | |
0.6291 | 7.0181 | |
Second line segment | ||
0.6291 | 7.0181 | |
0.699 | 0 |
Point | coordinate (V) | coordinate (A) |
---|---|---|
First Bézier cubic curve | ||
0 | 9.207 | |
0.1165 | 9.206 | |
0.2330 | 9.204 | |
0.3495 | 9.202 | |
Second Bézier cubic curve | ||
0.3495 | 9.202 | |
0.4078 | 9.197 | |
0.4660 | 9.210 | |
0.5243 | 9.074 | |
Third Bézier cubic curve | ||
0.5243 | 9.074 | |
0.5825 | 8.939 | |
0.6408 | 8.616 | |
0.6990 | 0 |
Least Squares Method | Proposed Method | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Point | coordinate (V) | coordinate (A) | coordinate (V) | coordinate (A) |
First Bézier cubic curve | ||||
0 | 9.207 | 0 | 9.207 | |
0.1165 | 9.206 | 0.1165 | 9.206 | |
0.2330 | 9.204 | 0.2330 | 9.204 | |
0.3495 | 9.202 | 0.3495 | 9.202 | |
Second Bézier cubic curve | ||||
0.3495 | 9.202 | 0.3495 | 9.202 | |
0.4076 | 9.183 | 0.4078 | 9.197 | |
0.4658 | 9.245 | 0.4660 | 9.210 | |
0.5239 | 9.103 | 0.5243 | 9.074 | |
Third Bézier cubic curve | ||||
0.5239 | 9.103 | 0.5243 | 9.074 | |
0.5823 | 8.9646 | 0.5825 | 8.939 | |
0.6406 | 8.6724 | 0.6408 | 8.616 | |
0.6990 | 0.004 | 0.6990 | 0 |
No. | PV Type | Tech | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shell SP-70 | Mono | 36 | 21.4 | 16.5 | 4.24 | 4.7 | −0.076 | 0.002 |
2 | Isofoton I150 InDach | Mono | 36 | 22.6 | 18.5 | 8.12 | 8.7 | −0.1026 | 0.00365 |
3 | Bosch M245 3BB | Mono | 60 | 37.8 | 30.11 | 8.14 | 8.72 | −0.11718 | 0.002703 |
4 | MSP300AS-36.EU | Poly | 72 | 44.48 | 37.42 | 8.02 | 8.58 | −0.14678 | 0.003432 |
5 | Kyocera KG200GT | Poly | 54 | 32.9 | 26.3 | 7.61 | 8.21 | −0.123 | 0.00318 |
6 | Kyocera KC85T | Poly | 36 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 5.02 | 5.34 | −0.0821 | 0.00212 |
7 | Kyocera KD135SX_UPU | Poly | 36 | 22.1 | 17.7 | 7.63 | 8.37 | −0.08 | 0.00502 |
8 | Kyocera KD245GH-4FB2 | Poly | 60 | 36.9 | 29.8 | 8.23 | 8.91 | −0.133 | 0.00535 |
9 | Sharp ND-224uC1 | Poly | 60 | 36.6 | 29.3 | 7.66 | 8.33 | −0.13176 | 0.004415 |
10 | Shell S36 | Poly | 36 | 21.4 | 16.5 | 2.18 | 2.3 | −0.076 | 0.001 |
11 | Solarex MSX-60 | Poly | 36 | 21.1 | 17.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | −0.08 | 0.003 |
12 | Solarex MSX-60—cell | Poly | 1 | 0.586 | 0.475 | −0.00222 | |||
13 | Amerisolar AS-6P 300W | Poly | 72 | 44.7 | 36.7 | 8.19 | 8.68 | −0.14751 | 4.86E-03 |
14 | Shell ST40 | Thin-Film | 36 | 23.3 | 16.6 | 2.41 | 2.68 | −0.1 | 0.00035 |
15 | Sanyo HIT-240 HDE4 | HIT | 60 | 43.6 | 35.5 | 6.77 | 7.37 | −0.109 | 0.00221 |
16 | Onyx 1200 × 600 Ref10 | aSi glass | 72 | 47 | 32 | 0.9 | 1.11 | −0.0893 | 0.000999 |
17 | Onyx 1200 × 600 Ref30 | 0.63 | 0.74 | 0.000666 | |||||
18 | 6.5 Wp L Cel | aSi cell | 1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 4.09 | 5.1 | −0.00836 | 0.00612 |
No. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.506 | 74.30 | 6.57 × 10−10 | 4.732 | 1.022 | 0.691 | 95.27 |
2 | 0.109 | 284.83 | 2.17 × 10−8 | 8.703 | 1.234 | 0.233 | 304.09 |
3 | 0.378 | 220.45 | 2.55 × 10−10 | 8.735 | 1.012 | 0.535 | 266.54 |
4 | 0.142 | 192.59 | 5.23 × 10−10 | 8.586 | 1.023 | 0.372 | 202.92 |
5 | 0.308 | 193.05 | 2.15 × 10−9 | 8.223 | 1.076 | 0.463 | 225.66 |
6 | 0.277 | 439.46 | 1.63 × 10−9 | 5.343 | 1.071 | 0.437 | 502.34 |
7 | 0.19 | 51.83 | 1.51 × 10−9 | 8.401 | 1.067 | 0.3161 | 60.474 |
8 | 0.28 | 140.26 | 1.56 × 10−9 | 8.928 | 1.067 | 0.438 | 161.66 |
9 | 0.317 | 108.98 | 1.41 × 10−9 | 8.354 | 1.057 | 0.501 | 127.07 |
10 | 0.968 | 1.24E+06 | 3.41 × 10−10 | 2.3 | 1.022 | 1.332 | 151053 |
11 | 0.316 | 146.08 | 1.22 × 10−9 | 3.808 | 1.045 | 0.557 | 164.26 |
12 | 0.009 | 4.19 | 1.21 × 10−9 | 3.809 | 1.045 | 0.016 | 4.788 |
13 | 0.264 | 405.65 | 5.50 × 10−10 | 8.686 | 1.030 | 0.458 | 450.79 |
14 | 1.555 | 210.33 | 3.30 × 10−9 | 2.7 | 1.23 | 2.168 | 300.48 |
15 | 0.437 | 117.72 | 1.75 × 10−11 | 7.397 | 1.058 | 0.637 | 138.19 |
16 | 11.57 | 186.22 | 1.21 × 10−13 | 1.179 | 0.856 | 13.60 | 204.51 |
17 | 16.639 | 418.79 | 8.60 × 10−14 | 0.769 | 0.856 | 19.50 | 459.43 |
18 | 0.079 | 2.06 | 1.52 × 10−9 | 5.296 | 3.938 | 0.103 | 2.13 |
No. | x Coordinates (V) | y Coordinates (A) | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
03 | 13 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 22 | |
1 | 10.628 | 15.931 | 4.732 | 4.684 | 4.637 | 4.588 | 4.538 | 4.606 | 4.360 | 4.212 | 2.575 |
2 | 11.295 | 16.930 | 8.703 | 8.690 | 8.678 | 8.663 | 8.635 | 8.696 | 8.508 | 8.210 | 8.125 |
3 | 18.870 | 28.285 | 8.735 | 8.706 | 8.678 | 8.649 | 8.604 | 8.697 | 8.453 | 8.529 | 5.997 |
4 | 22.224 | 33.312 | 8.586 | 8.547 | 8.509 | 8.470 | 8.443 | 8.453 | 8.370 | 7.684 | 9.991 |
5 | 16.425 | 24.620 | 8.223 | 8.194 | 8.167 | 8.137 | 8.094 | 8.178 | 7.930 | 7.909 | 5.930 |
6 | 10.845 | 16.256 | 5.343 | 5.335 | 5.327 | 5.318 | 5.298 | 5.350 | 5.212 | 5.200 | 4.168 |
7 | 10.975 | 16.451 | 8.401 | 8.3301 | 8.260 | 8.189 | 8.128 | 8.178 | 7.946 | 7.918 | 6.273 |
8 | 18.415 | 27.603 | 8.928 | 8.883 | 8.841 | 8.796 | 8.749 | 8.812 | 8.595 | 8.581 | 7.029 |
9 | 18.228 | 27.362 | 8.354 | 8.298 | 8.243 | 8.187 | 8.133 | 8.191 | 7.967 | 7.954 | 6.288 |
10 | 10.940 | 16.399 | 2.300 | 2.300 | 2.300 | 2.299 | 2.287 | 2.331 | 2.226 | 2.180 | 1.367 |
11 | 10.527 | 15.779 | 3.808 | 3.784 | 3.760 | 3.736 | 3.715 | 3.733 | 3.649 | 3.599 | 3.241 |
12 | 0.293 | 0.438 | 3.809 | 3.786 | 3.763 | 3.739 | 3.718 | 3.738 | 3.652 | 3.608 | 3.204 |
13 | 22.336 | 33.479 | 8.686 | 8.667 | 8.649 | 8.630 | 8.606 | 8.650 | 8.525 | 8.411 | 8.209 |
14 | 11.565 | 17.335 | 2.700 | 2.680 | 2.666 | 2.642 | 2.606 | 2.669 | 2.275 | 1.868 | 0.969 |
15 | 21.720 | 32.557 | 7.397 | 7.336 | 7.274 | 7.213 | 7.168 | 7.185 | 7.063 | 7.200 | 5.950 |
16 | 23.500 | 35.225 | 1.110 | 1.0717 | 1.0343 | 0.995 | 0.971 | 0.978 | 0.775 | 0.578 | 0.289 |
17 | 23.500 | 35.225 | 0.740 | 0.723 | 0.707 | 0.689 | 0.677 | 0.686 | 0.542 | 0.403 | 0.201 |
18 | 1.100 | 1.649 | 5.100 | 4.928 | 4.760 | 4.584 | 4.456 | 4.506 | 3.949 | 3.372 | 1.786 |
No. | Current () Error | Max. Power Error | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg.Rel. (%) | Coordinates | Abs. (mA) | Rel. (%) | Abs. (W) | Rel. (%) | Comp. (W) | ||
(V) | (A) | |||||||
1 | −0.11 | 18.423 | 3.247 | 16.63 | 0.52 | −0.363 | −0.52 | 70.32 |
2 | −0.08 | 20.398 | 6.325 | 21.97 | 0.35 | −0.246 | −0.16 | 150.47 |
3 | −0.21 | 32.952 | 6.615 | 59.85 | 0.90 | −1.80 | −0.74 | 246.90 |
4 | 0.10 | 34.638 | 8.319 | 92.81 | 1.12 | −1.99 | −0.66 | 302.10 |
5 | −0.19 | 28.788 | 6.183 | 50.70 | 0.82 | −1.223 | −0.61 | 201.37 |
6 | −0.20 | 19.077 | 4.105 | 33.65 | 0.82 | −0.481 | −0.55 | 87.83 |
7 | −0.20 | 19.306 | 6.225 | 52.58 | 0.84 | −0.227 | −0.17 | 135.28 |
8 | −0.20 | 32.432 | 6.801 | 57.57 | 0.85 | −1.242 | −0.51 | 246.50 |
9 | −0.20 | 32.103 | 6.248 | 53.40 | 0.86 | −1.308 | −0.58 | 225.75 |
10 | −0.13 | 18.548 | 1.675 | 9.200 | 0.55 | −0.240 | −0.67 | 36.21 |
11 | −0.17 | 18.697 | 2.867 | 19.97 | 0.70 | −0.215 | −0.36 | 60.07 |
12 | −0.17 | 0.519 | 2.872 | 20.60 | 0.72 | −0.006 | −0.38 | 1.669 |
13 | −0.17 | 39.909 | 6.788 | 47.91 | 0.71 | −0.914 | −0.30 | 301.49 |
14 | 0.03 | 12.255 | 2.635 | 3.32 | 0.13 | 0.093 | 0.23 | 39.91 |
15 | −0.27 | 38.253 | 5.730 | 67.47 | 1.18 | −1.253 | −0.52 | 241.59 |
16 | 0.04 | 30.966 | 0.925 | 0.94 | 0.10 | 0.015 | 0.05 | 28.79 |
17 | 0.04 | 30.816 | 0.650 | 0.79 | 0.12 | 0.010 | 0.05 | 20.15 |
18 | 0.014 | 1.578 | 4.142 | 7.09 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 6.53 |
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Szabo, R.; Gontean, A. Photovoltaic Cell and Module I-V Characteristic Approximation Using Bézier Curves. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8050655
Szabo R, Gontean A. Photovoltaic Cell and Module I-V Characteristic Approximation Using Bézier Curves. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(5):655. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8050655
Chicago/Turabian StyleSzabo, Roland, and Aurel Gontean. 2018. "Photovoltaic Cell and Module I-V Characteristic Approximation Using Bézier Curves" Applied Sciences 8, no. 5: 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8050655
APA StyleSzabo, R., & Gontean, A. (2018). Photovoltaic Cell and Module I-V Characteristic Approximation Using Bézier Curves. Applied Sciences, 8(5), 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8050655