Study of the Energy Performance of Different PV Arrays Configurations Under Partial Shading

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to study the energy performance and electrical behavior of possible configurations for photovoltaic Arrays under different partial shading scenarios in order to determine the most suitable and cost effective configuration. The studied configurations in this work are: Series (S), parallel (P), series-parallel (SP), Total Cross Tied (TCT), Bridge Linked (BL) and Honey-Comb (HC). The simulation results provide information on the electrical behavior and energy efficiency of PV Arrays under different scenarios of partial shading and in uniform conditions.

Keywords

• photovoltaic arrays
• partial shading
• simscape
• total cross tied
• bridge linked
• honey-comb.