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Diode behavior in PVstring #1

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bmeyers opened this issue Apr 29, 2013 · 1 comment
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Diode behavior in PVstring #1

bmeyers opened this issue Apr 29, 2013 · 1 comment
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bmeyers commented Apr 29, 2013

PVstring model doesn't allow for a module's diodes to be completely activated. See email sent to Mark M. on 4/28/13.
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traced the bug to the "trial" current points Imod in PVmodule.calcMod() in pvmismatch.pvmodule. Because all of the cells' Ee was set to 0.1, the max irradiance was 0.1 and the max trial current was 0.1*Isc0 = 0.6[A], but the reverse bias part of the cells' I-V curves had current > 0.6[A] so the bypass diodes were never turned on.

Suggested solutions:

  1. Changing one cell to have Ee = 1 sun fixes the problem - but it's desired to model the OP's case.
  2. Better solution - suggested by OP - is to make "trial currents" static, ie always range up to 1 sun * Isc0.
  3. Another option is to check the cell values themselves - and limit max current range to that range.

chetan201 pushed a commit that referenced this issue Mar 21, 2018
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Fix mpp temperature sensitivity (#68)
4943742 
* Merging v4 branch before submitting PR (#1)

* improve python 3 compatibility in pvsys, strs and mods, require future

* change dict.iter*() to iter*(dic), fix import * in tests

* fix two diode test for SymPy-1.1.1

* fixes #55
* replace string keys in expected_data with the actual symbol objects,
so instead of {'ic': IC}, use {ic: IC} where ic is the SymPy symbol
object
* replace string substitutions in expressions with the actual SymPy
symbols, so use didv.subs(vc + rs*ic, 'vd') instead of
didv.subs('vc + rs * ic(vc)', 'vd') which is error prone anyway, because
the string could change, how do you know what string to use?
* leave these subs in for now, but they are not necessary, since vd =
vc + ic*rs can evaluate just fine
* when numerically evaluating expressions using evalf(subs=expected_data)
substitute values for the symbol di_dv, NOT the string
"Derivative(ic(vc), vc)" since this doesn't work anymore!
* don't substitute for the string 'ic(vc)', instead use the SymPy
symbols ic, since parentheses don't work in SymPy substitutions or
evaluations anymore, and this is more explicit since ic was defined as
f(vc) when it was initialized!
* freeze versions in requirements so this doesn't an issue again
* ignore .spyproject - the new spyder-IDE project file

Signed-off-by: Mark Mikofski <bwana.marko@yahoo.com>

* update travis to test Py3, update setup with correct install and test reqs, add setup.cfg for universal wheel

* ENH: BUG: add _calc_now flag to determine when cell is recalculated (GH59) (#61)

* fixes #59

* add class attr _calc_now
* override _calc_now with instance attribte at the end of constructor
* check if _calc_now is True to decide to call self.calcCell() instead
  of checking for pvconst
* use self.__dict__.update() instead of using
  super(PVcell, self).__setattr__(key, value)
* in update, remove TODO, b/c even tho __dict__.update() would bypass
  __setattr__() then would have to check for floats, and still set
  _calc_now = True to trigger recalc, so instead, just set
  _calc_now = False first to turn calculations off, until all attr are
  set, then recalc

* don't set pvcell.pvconst in pvstring

* just raise an exception if they don't match for now
* remove comments about "deepcopy" everywhere

* oops, recalculate means _calc_now = True, duh!

* remove commented legacy code in __setattr__, add comment in update re checking for floats

* add test for new _calc_now flag

* if _calc_now == False, then calcCell() is not called in __setattr__
* if _calc_now == True, then calcCell() is called in __setattr__

* BUG: pvconst is not a singleton, inconsistent, doesn't update (GH38) (#62)

* fixes #59

* add class attr _calc_now
* override _calc_now with instance attribte at the end of constructor
* check if _calc_now is True to decide to call self.calcCell() instead
  of checking for pvconst
* use self.__dict__.update() instead of using
  super(PVcell, self).__setattr__(key, value)
* in update, remove TODO, b/c even tho __dict__.update() would bypass
  __setattr__() then would have to check for floats, and still set
  _calc_now = True to trigger recalc, so instead, just set
  _calc_now = False first to turn calculations off, until all attr are
  set, then recalc

* don't set pvcell.pvconst in pvstring

* just raise an exception if they don't match for now
* remove comments about "deepcopy" everywhere

* oops, recalculate means _calc_now = True, duh!

* remove commented legacy code in __setattr__, add comment in update re checking for floats

* add test for new _calc_now flag

* if _calc_now == False, then calcCell() is not called in __setattr__
* if _calc_now == True, then calcCell() is called in __setattr__

* closes #38 consistent pvconst behavior

* use duck typing to check pvstrs in PVsystem() for list, object or none
* set pvconst from pvstrs if given
* set numbstrs from pvstrs if given
* set numbermods form pvstrs.pvmods if given
* check that pvconst and pvmods are consistent
* add tests

* apply same changes in pvsystem from last commit to pvstr

* change default pvconst arg to None
* use duck typing to check if pvmods is a list, an object, or None
* relax requirement that all strings have same number of modules
* change pvsys.numberMods to a list of number of modules in each string
* add test to check pvstring
* check that all pvconst are the same for all modules
* add docstring for members

* also test that pvsys.numberMods is now a list

* each item in list is number of modules in corresponding string

* use ducktyping to determine if pvcells is list or obj or None

* add missing blank lines and wrap long lines per pep8
* add pvcell object to pvcells docstring arg type
* add tests in test_module to check that pvconst is the same for module
  and all cells

* add test for update method

* replace npts attr with a property

* add new private _npts attribute, return for npts in getter
* set npts, pts, negpts, Imod_pts, and Imod_negpts in setter
* add test to show that changing npts changes pts, negpts, Imod_pts, and
  Imod_negpts

* add pvsystem update method

* make system calculation DRY, use everywhere calcSystem and
  calcMPP_IscVocFFeff are called back to back to set Isys, Vsys, Psys,
  etc.
* also makes it explicity to recalc the system after a change, like
  change pvconst.npts

* Update example.py

Isat2 => Isat2_T0

* reverting changes - didn't mean to commit master

* Isat2fix (#64)

* Added temperature dependance for Isat2, i.e. Isat2(Tcell)

* test for wide range of Tcell values - added after implementing Isat2 as a function of Tcell

* generated new iv curve

* Isat2 to Isat2_T0

* Update example.py

Isat2 => Isat2_T0

* Update test_diode.py

* Deleting the old IV curve

* updated IV curve test file

* fixed isat2 typos caused by replace

* use entire iec matrix

* Update .travis.yml

added new pipy credentials

* Fixes MPP Sensitivity to Temperature

Fixes I_mp and V_mp sensitivity to temperature caused by selecting Isys and Vsys values at the maximum Psys index. This is accomplished by linear interpolation between the points surrounding MPP.

* Correct indices

* Cleanup

* Changed setsuns test for new MPP calculation

Also changed MPP calc to return float rather than array
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