AN ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR MISMATCH LOSSES IN PV ARRAYS

1 January 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Vol. 13 (2) , 121-133
https://doi.org/10.1080/01425919208909779

Abstract

Variations in the I-V characteristics of photovoltaic modules can lead to significant power loss. This study deals with an analysis of series-string losses. The current parameter of a set of PV modules is considered as a random variable following the Weibull distribution. An analytical expression has been obtained to predict these losses. A preliminary experiment that shown a good agreement with the proposed model is also presented.

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