MATLAB / Simulink Based Mathematical Modeling of Solar Photovoltaic Cell

Day-by-day the energy demand is increasing and thus the need for a renewable source that will not harm the environment are of prime importance. Some projections state that by 2050 the energy demand will triple. Yet majority of the energy requirements is satisfied by fossil fuels but by the use of photovoltaic systems could help in supplying the energy demands The physical modeling of the system is not that much efficient so the analysis is done through the mathematical modeling approach. In this paper mathematical analysis is done for the single diode model. Single diode model is employed to investigate the I-V and P-V characteristics .The effect of irradiation and temperature is also considered. The analysis is done in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. This mathematical analysis approach is a very flexible to change the parameters of the system. Keywords-Matlab, SIMULINK, PV, solar cell model, solar array model, solar radiation, maximum power point.