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. 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)