SHORT COMMUNICATION: Effects of shadowing on photovoltaic module performance

A procedure of simulation and modelling PV modules' performance, working partially shadowed, is presented. Several shadow rates have been tested on a single cell forming part of a PV module having 36 solar cells serially connected, and the influence of shadow rate in most of the important PV mo...

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Published inProgress in photovoltaics Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 141 - 149
Main Authors Silvestre, S, Chouder, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.2008
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Summary:A procedure of simulation and modelling PV modules' performance, working partially shadowed, is presented. Several shadow rates have been tested on a single cell forming part of a PV module having 36 solar cells serially connected, and the influence of shadow rate in most of the important PV module characteristic parameters has been evaluated.The correlation between PV module output lowering due to shadowing and the variation of resistive losses is also reported.
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ISSN:1062-7995
1099-159X
DOI:10.1002/pip.780