Current-Sensorless Control Strategy for the MPPT of a PV Cell: An Energy-Based Approach

Table 1

Key parameters for simulation and control.

Parameter description	Magnitude
Environment temperature	30
PV cell temperature	30
PV nominal irradiation	1000 kW/m^2
PV cell output short circuit ^a	1.95 A
PV cell output open circuit ^a	6.5 V
PV cell output a	1.42 A
PV cell output ^a	4.0 V
Saturation current ^b	745 μA
Simplified constant ^b	0.711 V
PV cell series resistor ^b	43m Ω
PV cell shunt resistor ^b	11.28 Ω
PV cell DC-link capacitor	470 μF
DC-DC boost capacitor	14.1 mF
DC-DC boost inductor	2 mH

^aObtained experimentally @ as in Figure 8. ^bCalculated from [49].