Analysis of Different Solar Panel Arrangements using PVSYST

To maximize the power generation from a limited area is one of the major concern due to increased land cost and unavailability of lands in urban areas. The solar PV module directly converts the incident solar radiations into useful electrical energy. The variation of temperature and solar irradiance are the major factors which affects the performance of the solar PV module. Shading on solar PV modules reduces the life span of the system as well as reduce the performance of the system. Here, three different arrangements of solar PV modules are done on a standalone system. In this work, the maximum generation was obtained from a three layer solar PV system with dual axis tracking system. By this arrangement we can reduce the space requirement to 58% to generate maximum energy.