Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system
The power output of solar photovoltaic systems can be affected by environmental factors, such as partial shading. This can lead to a decrease in the power conversion rate of the system. Although existing solutions for this issue are cost-effective and efficient, new solutions could further improve t...
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| author | Belqasem Aljafari Devakirubakaran S Bharatiraja C Praveen Kumar Balachandran Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu |
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| description | The power output of solar photovoltaic systems can be affected by environmental factors, such as partial shading. This can lead to a decrease in the power conversion rate of the system. Although existing solutions for this issue are cost-effective and efficient, new solutions could further improve the system's performance by increasing consistency, power generation, and reducing mismatch loss and costs. To address this, a new method for configuring PV arrays was proposed using the calcudoku puzzle pattern. The performance of this new array configuration was evaluated in MATLAB/Simulink® for a 9 × 9 PV array and compared to conventional methods like Series-parallel, Total Cross Tied (TCT), and Sudoku array configurations. The performance was evaluated under eight different shading patterns based on power conversion rate and mismatch losses between the PV rows. The proposed array configuration resulted in 3.9%–13.3% of mismatch losses across the different shading patterns, while other configurations had a minimum of 13.8% to a maximum of 51.9% of mismatch losses. This reduction in mismatch losses directly improved the power conversion rate of the PV array. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9e61cb4d3d14daf9b345cbe647dc8262023-05-31T04:46:24ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-05-0195e16041Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV systemBelqasem Aljafari0Devakirubakaran S1Bharatiraja C2Praveen Kumar Balachandran3Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu4Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Najran University, Najran, 1001, Saudi ArabiaCenter for Electric Mobility, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, IndiaCenter for Electric Mobility, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, IndiaDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, TS, 501218, India; Corresponding author.Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, 500075, IndiaThe power output of solar photovoltaic systems can be affected by environmental factors, such as partial shading. This can lead to a decrease in the power conversion rate of the system. Although existing solutions for this issue are cost-effective and efficient, new solutions could further improve the system's performance by increasing consistency, power generation, and reducing mismatch loss and costs. To address this, a new method for configuring PV arrays was proposed using the calcudoku puzzle pattern. The performance of this new array configuration was evaluated in MATLAB/Simulink® for a 9 × 9 PV array and compared to conventional methods like Series-parallel, Total Cross Tied (TCT), and Sudoku array configurations. The performance was evaluated under eight different shading patterns based on power conversion rate and mismatch losses between the PV rows. The proposed array configuration resulted in 3.9%–13.3% of mismatch losses across the different shading patterns, while other configurations had a minimum of 13.8% to a maximum of 51.9% of mismatch losses. This reduction in mismatch losses directly improved the power conversion rate of the PV array.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023032486Solar PVReconfigurationMPPTSudokuCalcudoku |
| spellingShingle | Belqasem Aljafari Devakirubakaran S Bharatiraja C Praveen Kumar Balachandran Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system Heliyon Solar PV Reconfiguration MPPT Sudoku Calcudoku |
| title | Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system |
| title_full | Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system |
| title_fullStr | Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system |
| title_short | Power enhanced solar PV array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded PV system |
| title_sort | power enhanced solar pv array configuration based on calcudoku puzzle pattern for partial shaded pv system |
| topic | Solar PV Reconfiguration MPPT Sudoku Calcudoku |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023032486 |
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