THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLAR ENERGY (INCOSOLE 2015)

4-5 May 2015, University of Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria

Modeling and Simulation of Photovoltaic System Adapted by

an MPPT Control
K. Boudraa, I. Baadji, A.H.Kherbachi, A.Bendib
Department of Electronic, Faculty of Technology, University of Med. Boudiaf - M'Sila, 28000 Msila, ALgeria
E-mail : kh.Boudraa@yahoo.com, ismahaneba@yahoo.com

Abstract Modeling of the characteristics of the PV Maximum Power Point Tracking

The objective of this work is to model the design and simulation
of photovoltaic generator using MATLAB-SIMULINK. Our choice Fig.1 Equivalent P&O
circuit of
is SUNPOWER commercial solar modules (SPR-x21-345)
photovoltaic cell.
photovoltaic model, because of its highest efficiency (=21.5%)
compared with other panels of various manufacturers. Intended
for commercial sites where maximum energy production is Fig. 5 The flow chart of the P&O algorithm.
critical.
photovoltaic generator is controlled by a MPPT control. Thus, The V-I characteristic of a solar array is given by Equation (1) .
we will study the functioning of this command with the P&O
qV Rs I V RS I Simulation of MPPT with
(perturbation & observation) algorithm found in the literature. I I sc I s e
nKT
1 1
1000 Rsh MATLAB/ SIMULINK
Keywords: PV generator, MPPT, Modeling and Simulation of a PV
system, P & O algorithm. Table 1: Parameters of SPR-x21-345 panel in S.T.C.
Nominal Power Pnom 345 W
Introduction Rated Voltage Vmpp 57.3 V
Rated Current Impp 6.02 A
It is mandatory to match the PV source
Open-Circuit Voltage Voc 68.2 V
with the load/battery in order to draw the
Short-Circuit Current Isc 6.39 A
maximum power at the current solar
Current Temp Coef a 3.5 mA/C Fig. 6. Model MATLAB / SIMULINK P & O MPPT studied
irradiance level. So that
the GPV provides its maximum power and functions with a Figures 2 plot the I-V and P-V curves and show well that
raised output, an adaptation of the generator to the load is characteristic I (V) of SPR-x21-345 panel is nonlinear. Conclusion
necessary . One of the most effective solutions currently is to
use named controllers MPPT (Maximum Power Point sun power SPR-x21-345 Photovoltaic Module I-V Curve
10
sun power SPR-x21-345 Photovoltaic Module P-V Curve
In this work we modeled a PV generator with an MPPT controller,
Tracker). 350
X: 57.3
8
300
Y: 344.9
this study was realized by using the software Matlab reliable in the
The main contribution of this work is the implementation of PV
Module current (A)

250
6
presentation of the results where we established calculation

Module power (W)

generator model in MATLAB / SIMULINK , and the 200

4
150
programs in the form of the mathematical equations allowing to
nonlinearity of PV current versus voltage (I-V) and power 100
2
trace characteristic I (V). These studies are conducted on a solar
versus voltage (P-V) characteristics are shown as well, and 50

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 panel SUNPOWER SPR X21-345. The objective is to test the
simulation results for MPPT strategy.. Module Voltage (V) Module Voltage (V)

intensive and influential parameters on the modeling of a PV

Fig. 2 Nonlinear I-V & P-V characteristics of the solar panel. generator where we were particularly interested on the effect of
Choice of the model temperature and the solar irradiance incident.

SUNPOWER SPR-x21-345 module

with efficiency (=21.5%). The module
Influence of irradiation & Temperature
SPR-X21-345 photovoltaic module I-V curve SPR-315-E photovoltaic module P-V curve SPR-X21-345 photovoltaic module I-V curve

is composed of 96 Monocrystalline
SPR-315-E photovoltaic module P-V curve
10 350 10
200W/m 15 C 350
200W/m 15 C
400W/m 25 C
300 400W/m

silicon cells connected between them

25 C
600W/m 35 C 300
8 600W/m 8 35 C
800W/m 45 C
800W/m 45 C
1000W/m 250 55 C 250
1000W/m 55 C
module power (W)

in series to produce a power of 345W.

module current (A)

module current (A)

module power (W)

6 6
200 200

150 150
4 4

100 100
2 2
50 50

0 0 0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
module voltage(V) module voltage(V) module voltage(V) module voltage(V)

Fig. 3 I-V & P-V characteristics of the solar panel for different irradiation. Fig. 4 I-V & P-V characteristics of the solar panel for different temperature.