An Improved Generalized Method for Evaluation of Parameters, Modeling, and Simulation of Photovoltaic Modules

Table 1

Parameters of seven different commercially available PV modules at STC (25°C and 1000 W/m²) provided by the manufacturers [30–36].

Parameter	Thin film		Monocrystalline		Multicrystalline
	Shell ST40	FS-270	Shell SQ 150-PC	HIT-N240SE10	KD140GX-LFBS	KD260GX-LFB2	KU265-6MCA
W	40	70	150	240	140	260	265
V	16.6	65.5	34	43.7	17.7	31.0	31.0
A	2.41	1.07	4.4	5.51	7.91	8.39	8.55
V	23.3	88.0	43.4	52.4	22.1	38.3	38.3
A	2.68	1.23	4.8	5.85	8.68	9.09	9.26
	−0.6%/°C	−0.25%/°C	−0.52%/°C	−0.30%/°C	−0.46%/°C	−0.45%/°C	−0.45%/°C
	−100 mV/°C	−0.34%/°C	−167 mV/°C	−0.131 V/°C	−0.52%/°C	−0.48%/°C	−0.48%/°C
	−2.50 mA/°C	0.023%/°C	−2.38 mA/°C	2.105 mA/°C	0.0066%/°C	0.02%/°C	0.02%/°C
	−100 mV/°C	−0.25%/°C	−161 mV/°C	−0.131 V/°C	−0.36%/°C	−0.36%/°C	−0.36%/°C
	0.35 mA/°C	0.04%/°C	1.4 mA/°C	1.76 mA/°C	0.060%/°C	0.06%/°C	0.06%/°C
	36	116	72	72	36	60	60
	1	1	1	1	1	1	1