The Effect of Partial Shadings on the Output Power of the Photovoltaic Modules Connected with Different Current and Voltage Characteristics

Ira Devi Sara, Aidil Aqsa SH, Tarmizi Tarmizi

Abstract


A mismatch in the output power of photovoltaic (PV) modules in a PV array can occur due to partial shading or a module replacement. Substitution of a module in a PV array with a new one might lead to different current and voltage characteristics between the new and existing modules and result in power losses. The amount of power loss might be increased more if the PV array experiences partial shading. For this reason, this study aims to investigate the effect of partial shadings on the power output of photovoltaic arrays with different current and voltage characteristics. The PV array under test consists of 25 units of solar modules with a total cross-tied (TCT) configuration. There are five shading conditions applied to the test PV array, i.e., the short narrow (ShN), the short wide (ShW), the long narrow (LnN), the long wide (LnW), and the diagonal. A magic square method is applied to reduce the power loss when the PV modules experience partial shading conditions. The results show that the power loss due to partial shadings, either on all identical modules or partially identical, is the same. The most significant power loss occurs in the long comprehensive shading scenario, where 80% of the modules experience shading, which is 41.30%.

Keywords


magic square; mismatch; partial shading; photovoltaic; power losses

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17529/jre.v20i3.33755

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