Design and control of residential off-grid connected PV systems

Abstract

Solar power is considered a very promising source for electric power generation. The abundance of sunlight over a large area of the earth surface gives rise to several applications of photovoltaic systems. Electricity can be generated from sunlight either directly by using the photovoltaic effect, or by using energy from the sun to heat up a working fluid that can be used to power up generators. These two technologies are widely used today to provide power to either standalone loads or for connection to the power system grid. In this paper a user friendly Photo voltaic system model has been presented for standalone system.