Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Validation of Performance Characteristics of Solar Photovoltaic Modules

This paper presents the development of a MATLAB/Simulink model for the solar PV cell, module and array. The simulation of photovoltaic module for obtaining the performance characteristics has also been carried out in this paper. The developed model is then simulated and validated experimentally using PSS1237 solar panel. The experimental results obtained, exhibited a good agreement with the simulated data.