PVsyst Parameters Translated from the CEC Module Database

The purpose of this dataset is to provide PVsyst model parameters for all modules in the CEC module database, taken from NREL's SAM. The parameters were translated using a method described in Parameter Translation for Photovoltaic Single Diode Models, submitted for publication, which will be linked here as it becomes available. Each module has a value for average normalized bias error for p_mp, v_mp, v_oc, i_mp, and i_sc. Of the 16,857 modules in the database, only 110 modules have p_mp NMBE larger than +/- 5%.

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award Number 38267. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525. This paper describes objective technical results and analysis. Any subjective views or opinions that might be expressed in the paper do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government.

Description of columns:

module_name
alpha_sc
gamma_ref
mu_gamma
I_L_ref
I_o_ref
R_sh_ref
R_sh_0
R_s
cells_in_series

Module name in CEC database
temperature coefficient of short circuit current (A/C)
diode ideality factor
temperature coefficient of diode ideality factor (1/K)
photocurrent at STC (A)
diode reverse saturation current at STC (A)
Shunt resistnace at STC (Ω)
Shunt resistance at 0 irradiance (Ω)
Series resistance at STC (Ω)
# of cells connected in series in module

pmp/vmp/vmp/isc/imp nmbe

average % error between value when calculated with original CEC parameters and new PVsyst parameters 

(SAND2024-15703O)