Development of Simulation Tool for Photovoltaic Systems with Several Surface Arrays

Abstract

This paper will principally describe about the PV array simulation tool. This PV array simulation tool is available to estimate the output power of the PV array with difference azimuth and orientation for the maximum of four surfaces. This tool analyses the daily, monthly or annual output power with high accuracy because of using the I-V characteristic. The analysis is based on simplified I-V curve interpolation considering the characteristics of each module in the PV array. The shortest interval time of calculation is one second.