Cell modelling and model parameters estimation techniques for photovoltaic simulator application: A review

Parameter estimation of photovoltaic cells using an improved chaotic whale optimization algorithm

Simulated Annealing algorithm for photovoltaic parameters identification

The contribution of solar photovoltaics (PV׳s) in generation of electric power is continually increasing. PV cells are commonly modelled as circuits. Finding appropriate circuit model parameters of PV cells is crucial for performance evaluation, control, efficiency computations and maximum power point tracking of solar PV systems. The problem of finding circuit model parameters of solar PV cells is referred to as “PV cell model parameter estimation problem,” and is highly attracted by researchers. In this paper, the existing research works on PV cell model parameter estimation problem are classified into three categories and the research works of those categories are reviewed. Based on the conducted review, some recommendations for future research are provided.

Parameter estimation of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells: A review

Parameter identification of solar cells using artificial bee colony optimization

In this article, particle swarm optimization (PSO) was applied to extract the solar cell parameters from illuminated current-voltage characteristics. The performance of the PSO was compared with the genetic algorithms (GAs) for the single and double diode models. Based on synthetic and experimental current-voltage data, it has been confirmed that the proposed method can obtain higher parameter precision with better computational efficiency than the GA method. Compared with conventional gradient-based methods, even without a good initial guess, the PSO method can obtain the parameters of solar cells as close as possible to the practical parameters only based on a broad range specified for each of the parameters.

Yousheng Xu

Papers

Parameter extraction of solar cells using particle swarm optimization

Parameter identification for proton exchange membrane fuel cell model using particle swarm optimization