Mechanical and Power Research Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 1st International Conference on Emerging Trends in Powering the Nation (ICETPN '14), February 14, 2014, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

• Other Authors: Manju, P. (Editor), Suresh, M. (Editor), Ramamoorthi, R. (Editor), Narendiran, S. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Trans Tech Publication 2014
• Series: Applied mechanics and materials
• Subjects: Mechanical engineering > Congresses
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 The paper discuss about the modelling and electrical characteristics of photovoltaic cell and its array type of construction in matlab-simulink environment at different insolation levels. The photovoltaic module is modelled using the diode electrical characteristic equation. The photovoltaic cell is analysed by voltage input and current input modules, The voltage and current input photovoltaic modules are simulated with different insolation values by varying the construction of PV modules. The results conclude that the current input PV module is well suited for applications were it shares same current when connected in series and voltage input PV module, where it shares same voltage when connected in parallel.