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• TITLE: Electrical Power Losses in a Photovoltaic Solar Cell Operating under Partial Shading Conditions

  AUTHORS: Abdouramani Dadjé, Noël Djongyang, Réné Tchinda

  KEYWORDS: Electrical Power Losses, PV Generator, Partial Shading Conditions, Mathematical Modeling, Simulink’s Physical Model

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, Vol.5 No.10, October 30, 2017

  ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to determine the power losses recorded by a PV generator operating under partial shading conditions. These losses are evaluated through two distinct methods. The first method is based on mathematical modeling, while the second is based on Simulink’s physical model. The losses recorded are considerable and increase as a function of the increase in the percentage of shading up to a limit value where they become constant in the case where an ideal by-pass diode is connected in parallel with the modules. This limit value is non-existent in the case where the bypass diode is not ideal, which in fact corresponds to the real model. However, it emerges that the power losses are minimized in a PV system comprising bypass diodes, in particular in the case where the partial shading is considerable.