ISSN 2348-0157, ISI Impact Factor: 0.278

VOLUME 05 NO. 01 JANUARY 2017:

Title:     Extraction of Photovoltaic Module Parameters from Outdoor and Converting into Standard Test Conditions
Authors:    Avanti Thakre, Paresh Nasikkar
Abstract:   Photovoltaic (PV) technology turns to be an evolving technique worldwide. This paper describes the technique used to extract the photovoltaic module characteristics from the outdoors and then converting it to Standard Test Conditions (STC). By applying this technique, the required electrical parameters such as fill factor, maximum power, short circuit current, open circuit voltage, efficiency for the polycrystalline module are determined under the outdoor test conditions. An electronically varying load has been used to trace the current voltage characteristics of PV module. Current and voltage values from the photovoltaic module are recorded using the microcontroller board and then it is displayed on the monitor. The standard protocols are used to convert the PV raw data into Standard Test Condition (STC). Measured results are compared with STC results which are provided by the manufacturer and their difference should be targeted in the error margin (±3%) of the current voltage characteristics.

Keywords: Photovoltaic Module, Short Circuit Current, Open Circuit Voltage, Microcontroller Board.
Pages:        24-27

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