A method for simulating large PV arrays that include reverse biased cells.

Authors :: Orozco-Gutierrez, M.L.
Ramirez-Scarpetta, J.M.
Spagnuolo, G.
Ramos-Paja, C.A.
Source :: Applied Energy. Jun2014, Vol. 123, p157-167. 11p.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: Highlights: [•] The approach allows to simulate cell-by-cell the mismatched PV arrays. [•] The PV array non-linear model is solved by a low computational burden algorithm. [•] The technique is useful to analyze the hot-spot heating and the effect of parametric tolerances. [•] The proposed method is simple to be implemented in any programming language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]