Partial shading analysis | Photovoltaic Systems Lecture 4

In this lecture, we'll be looking at partial shading in photovoltaics. Partial shading is a common problem in PV systems. We'll talk about what consequences it can have on the pv plant performance . The simulation of shaded PV array is also demonstrated using psim software. This lecture is based on the work published in the following paper.

Ahmad, R., Murtaza, A.F., Sher, H.A., Shami, U.T. and Olalekan, S., 2017. An analytical approach to study partial shading effects on PV array supported by literature. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 74, pp.721-732.

If this is related to your work and it helped you in understanding of partial shading cases, then do cite this paper.

This lecture is part of the Renewable Energy Electrical System course. If you're interested in learning more about photovoltaics, then be sure to check out this course!

The timeline of this lecture is as follows

00:00 Intro
02:42 String analysis
04:32 Uniform irradiance
06:10 shading pattern 1
11:35 shading pattern 2
13:40 shading pattern 3
15:30 shading pattern 4
19:42 Key points
23:50 shading pattern 5
25:48 Array analysis
29:13 shading pattern 1
35:08 shading pattern 2
36:56 Key point
38:00 Simulation