PV Panel Characterization Tool

This tool was developed to characterize PV Panel parameters including ideality factor, series and shunt resistance from measured I-V curve.

% PV Panel Characterization Tool
% This tool was developed to characterize PV Panel parameters including
% ideality factor, series and shunt resistance from measured I-V curve.
% Mean Absolute Error in percentage were used as I-V curve fitting
% assessment indicator. User can adjust the ideality factor, series and
% shunt resistance until the model I-V curve fit closely with the measured
% I-V curve where the mean absolute error is at its minimum.

% Click Open to load the measured I-V curve file provided
% Monocrystalline Panel 70W at 999W/m^2 'Mono70W999.csv'
% Polycrystalline Panel 70W at 1000W/m^2 'Poly70W1000.csv'
% Amorphous Thin Film Silicon Panel 100W at 1005W/m^2 'aSi100W1005.csv'