Array Simulator

Created on 5/24/20 by Matthew Yu, Solar Array Lead (2020) of the UT Solar Vehicles Team.

This repository contains an in-development simulation of various components of the solar array subsystems, including the following:

• Solar Array
• DC-DC Converter
• MPPT
• Load (Kinda)

Additionally, this simulator also can simulate the source properties of solar cells.

Python Source and MPPT Simulator

To install dependencies, run pip3 install -r requirements.txt. To run the MPPT Simulator, call python3 main.py. To run the Solar cell model Simulator, call python3 source_main.py.

Dependencies

Install these dependencies or use the requirements.txt to install.

• python3
• sys
• matplotlib
• numpy
• bisect
• math
• pyqtgraph

Install dependencies using pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Using the Simulator

After installing dependencies, run the main application with the following command: python3 main.py

You can also run the source simulator with the following command: python3 source_main.py

Papers and sites I haven't used yet but are promising

Modeling Solar Cells

Irradiance and PV Performance Optimization

Factors affecting PV Performance

Maxeon Gen II Solar Cells

Exploration of MPPT Algorithms

PandO with confined search space

PandO

Analysis and Optimization of maximum power point tracking algorithms in the presence of noise (Latham et al.)

Gradient Descent, possibly on power transformation

A new maximum power point control algorithm of photovoltaic generation system (Bian et al.)

On global extrmum seeking in the presence of local extrema

Advances in solar photovoltaic power plants (Islam et al.)

Accurate Simulation of MPPT Methods Performance When Applied to Commercial Photovoltaic Panels (Cubas et al.)