An efficient algorithm to simulate the electrical performance of solar photovoltaic arrays

An efficient algorithm to simulate the performance of solar photovoltaic arrays is developed. The algorithm uses the linear programming technique and minimizes the current across each junction of the array to the order of 10−5. It offers an explicit advantage of execution time for the simulation of large array networks including such interconnected configurations as TCT (Total-Cross-Tied) and BL (Bridge-Linked) configurations. Numerical...