Photovoltaic Systems Technology

Mohammed Aslam Husain, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Rajkiya Engineering College, Ambedkar Nagar, India. He has previously worked as Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University Polytechnic, Integral University, India, and as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He was the recipient of the Institution of Engineers (India) Young Engineers Award for 2022-23 and the Young Scientist Award for 2017 from the Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has authored over 60 scientific papers. MD Waseem Ahmad, PhD, is an assistant professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India. He previously worked as a research fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and as a graduate trainee engineer with Siemens Ltd., New Delhi, India. Additionally, he has published more than 20 papers in across various Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers journals and conferences. Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has developed five new systems for grid integration of wind energy, four of which have been patented between India and Australia. He has more than 50 published papers in reputed national and international journals and conferences. Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, PhD, is a faculty member with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark. He has authored over 300 scientific papers. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, U.K. Hasmat Malik, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia, as well as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Professional Engineer (PEng). His research findings related to intelligent data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications in power systems, power apparatus, smart buildings and automation, smart grid, forecasting, prediction, and renewable energy sources have been widely published in international journals and conferences. He has also authored and co-authored more than 100 WoS research papers.

• List of Contributors xiiiPreface xvii1 History of Solar PV System and its Recent Development 1Vaishali Gautam, Shahida Khatoon and Mohd Faisal Jalil1.1 Introduction 11.2 Solar Photovoltaic (PV) 31.3 Historical Overview 41.4 Grid-Connected PV System 51.5 Power Losses in PV System 131.6 Different MPPT and Solar Tracker 161.7 Development in Standalone PV System 181.8 The Development and Challenges in DC--DC Converter for PV Applications 181.9 PV-Powered Electric Vehicles 201.10 Discussion 211.11 Conclusion 222 Evolution and Modeling of Solar Photovoltaic Cells: From Early to Modern Concepts 27Mohammad Shahabuddin, Mohammed Asim and Adil Sarwar2.1 Introduction 282.2 History of Solar Cell 292.3 Solar PV Cell Formation 312.4 Solar Cell Models 372.5 Applications 392.6 Conclusion 403 Clustering of Panels and Shade Diffusion Techniques for Partially Shaded PV Array--Review 43Vaishali Gautam, Shahida Khatoon, Mohd Faisal Jalil and Naimul Hasan3.1 Introduction 443.2 Reconfiguration of PV Array 463.3 Classification of Reconfiguration Strategies 473.4 Conclusion 564 Advances in Solar PV-Powered Electric Vehicle Charging System 63Rashid Ahmed Khan, Noorul Islam, Seerin Ahmad, Bushra Sabir, Mohammed Aslam Husain and Hwa-Dong Liu4.1 Introduction 644.2 Overview of Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging System 654.3 Evolution of Electric Vehicles 664.4 Classification of Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations 674.5 Approaches to PV-EV Charging System 684.6 Recharging and Innovative Methods 714.7 Energy Storage Systems for EV Charging 744.8 Hybrid Energy Storage Technologies to Reduce the Size of the Battery 744.9 Battery Management System (BMS) 774.10 Conclusion and Future Aspects 785 A Review of Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Techniques for Photovoltaic Array Under Mismatch Conditions 85Dushyant Sharma, Mohd Faisal Jalil, Mohd Shariz Ansari and R. C. Bansal5.1 Introduction 865.2 Evaluation of MPPT Techniques 875.3 Conclusion 976 Metaheuristic Techniques for Power Extraction from PV-Based Hybrid Renewable Energy Sources (HRESs) 103Akhlaque Ahmad Khan and Ahmad Faiz Minai6.1 Introduction 1046.2 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems 1076.3 PV Array Characteristics 1096.4 Evaluation of Various MPPT Methods Using Standard Conventional Approaches 1116.5 Evaluation of Various MPPT Methods Using Advanced Approaches (Metaheuristic Optimization Approaches) 1136.6 Conclusion and Future Scope 1167 Intelligent Modeling and Estimation of Solar Radiation Data Using Artificial Intelligence 123Ahmad Neyaz Khan, Sarosh Patel, Asif Khan, Asad Malik, Mohd Fazil and Saqib Qamar7.1 Introduction 1247.2 The Solar-AI Span: Background and Literature Review 1267.3 Modeling and Prediction of Data on Solar Irradiance Using AI Approaches 1357.4 Detailed Comparative Analysis of Different AI Approaches Used in Modeling and Forecasting of Data on Solar Radiation 1387.5 Discussion 1437.6 Conclusion 1448 Application of ANN--ANFIS Model for Forecasting Solar Power 151Gulnar Perveen, Priyanka Anand and Amod Kumar8.1 Introduction 1528.2 Overview of ANN 1568.3 ANFIS Architecture 1578.4 Characterization of Solar Plant 1588.5 Classification of Weather Condition 1598.6 Statistical Performance Indicators 1608.7 Development of ANN--ANFIS Model 1618.8 Results 1628.9 Conclusions 1719 Machine Learning Application for Solar PV Forecasting 177Asif Khan, Mohd Khursheed, Jian Ping Li, Farhan Ahmad and Ahmad Neyaz Khan9.1 Introduction 1779.2 Literature Review 1799.3 Research Methods and Materials 1819.4 Proposed Work 1829.5 Experimental Simulation, Result Analysis, Comparison, and Discussion 1849.6 Conclusion 18810 Techno-Economic Comparative Analysis of On-Ground and Floating PV Systems: A Case Study at Gangrel Dam, India 191Satya Prakash Makhija, Pankaj Kumar Shrivastava, Prasanta Kumar Jena, Satya Prakash Dubey and Pushpendra Singh10.1 Introduction 19310.2 Project Site Assessment for Various Parameters 19710.3 Design of On-Ground and Floating PV Systems 19910.4 Simulation, Results and Analysis 20110.5 Conclusion 20711 BLDC Motor Driven Water Pumping System Powered by Solar Photovoltaics (PV) 211Dileep Kumar, Md Tabrez, Surya Deo Choudhary and Farhad Muhsin Mahmood11.1 Introduction 21211.2 Interaction of PV Array and Load 21311.3 Application of DC--DC Converter for MPPT 21411.4 Three-Phase BLDC Motor 21511.5 Simulation of Suggested Technique 21811.6 Conclusion 22112 Hybrid Photovoltaic/PEM Fuel Cell Driven Water Pumping System for Agricultural Application: Overview, Challenges and Future Perspectives 225Rupendra Kumar Pachauri, Renu Mavi, Ahmad Faiz Minai, Shubham Tiwari and Shashikant12.1 Introduction 22612.2 Mathematical Modeling 22912.3 MATLAB/Simulink Study of Hybrid FC/PV Powered Water Pumping System 23112.4 Electrical Water Pumping System Categories 23612.5 Challenges of Hybrid PV/PEMFC Technology 24012.6 Future Scope of Hybrid PV/PEMFC Water-Pumping Systems 24312.7 Pros and Cons of Hybrid PV/PEMFC-Powered Water-Pumping System 24412.8 Conclusion 246References 246Index 251