TY - JOUR
T1 - A 3-D pareto-based shading analysis on solar photovoltaic system design optimization
AU - Asef, Pedram
AU - Perpina, Ramon Bargallo
AU - Barzegaran, M. R.
AU - Lapthorn, Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received January 30, 2018; revised March 21, 2018; accepted June 4, 2018. Date of publication June 21, 2018; date of current version March 21, 2019. This work was supported in part by the Texas State Center for Port Management; Center for Commercialization Innovation and Entrepreneurship, USA. Paper no. TSTE-00076-2018. (Corresponding author: M. R. Barzegaran.) P. Asef and R. B. Perpina are with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Campus Diagonal-Besos, Polytechnic University of Catalonia-BarcelonaTech, Barcelona 08019, Spain (e-mail:,pedram.asef@upc.edu; ramon. bargallo@upc.edu).
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PY - 2019/4/21
Y1 - 2019/4/21
N2 - This paper utilizes a Pareto-based, three-dimensional (3-D) analysis to identify complete and partial shading of photovoltaic (PV) systems for a complicated urban environment, where unusual shape of PV and installation topology is studied. The Pareto optimization attempts to minimize losses in a certain area with an improved output energy and without compromising the overall efficiency of the system of which the nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) for a glass/glass-module is considered as a significant parameter. The system is referenced to the environment based on IEC61215 via a closed-circuit and resistive load to ensure the module operates at the maximum power point. A maximum power point tracking controller is enhanced with an advanced perturb and observe algorithm to maintain the PV operating point at its maximum output under various working conditions. The most cost-effective design of the PV module is achieved via optimizing installation parameters such as tilt angle, pitch, and shading to improve the energy yield. The parameter settings and suitability of the design are also determined based on the reduced amount of CO 2 emissions. An experimental investigation has been carried out to verify the 3-D shading analysis and NOCT technique for both open-circuit and grid-connected PV modules.
AB - This paper utilizes a Pareto-based, three-dimensional (3-D) analysis to identify complete and partial shading of photovoltaic (PV) systems for a complicated urban environment, where unusual shape of PV and installation topology is studied. The Pareto optimization attempts to minimize losses in a certain area with an improved output energy and without compromising the overall efficiency of the system of which the nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) for a glass/glass-module is considered as a significant parameter. The system is referenced to the environment based on IEC61215 via a closed-circuit and resistive load to ensure the module operates at the maximum power point. A maximum power point tracking controller is enhanced with an advanced perturb and observe algorithm to maintain the PV operating point at its maximum output under various working conditions. The most cost-effective design of the PV module is achieved via optimizing installation parameters such as tilt angle, pitch, and shading to improve the energy yield. The parameter settings and suitability of the design are also determined based on the reduced amount of CO 2 emissions. An experimental investigation has been carried out to verify the 3-D shading analysis and NOCT technique for both open-circuit and grid-connected PV modules.
KW - Pareto optimization
KW - partial shading analysis
KW - perturb and observe algorithm
KW - Photovoltaic system
KW - three-dimensional shading analysis
KW - window-zoom-in
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U2 - 10.1109/TSTE.2018.2849370
DO - 10.1109/TSTE.2018.2849370
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048878863
SN - 1949-3029
VL - 10
SP - 843
EP - 852
JO - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
JF - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
IS - 2
M1 - 8391721
ER -
