Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

LABVIEW AND MATLAB PROGRAMMING

EXPERIMENTS

PREPARED BY
Er.S.T.Rama
Asst. Professor/EEE
Dr.M.G.R Educational & Research Institute
Maduravoyal,Chennai-95
 MATLAB PROGRAMMING
DESIGN OF SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY COVERSION
SYSTEMS USING MATLAB PROGRAMMING
I. Characteristics of PV modules

To design and analyze the PV system and simulate the I-V , P-V and P-I
characteristics of a Single PV module using Matlab15 software.

Procedure:-

1. Open Matlab – Simulink – file – new- model.

2. Open Simulink library and browser the component.
3. Connect all the component as per the circuit diagram.
4. Set the
a) Irradiance value as 1000 w/m2
b) Short circuit current of solar cell Isc = 0.2 amp
c) Open circuit voltage (Voc ) =0.5 volt
d) Quality factor N = 1.5
5. Simulate the circuit using Matlab.
6. Plot the waveform of P-I, I-V and P-V characteristics.

Circuit Diagram:-
 Figure 1: Block Diagram of PV system (Single Module)

Simulated Output:-

Figure 2: I-V Characteristics of PV system (Single Module)

Figure 3 : P-V Characteristics of PV system (Single Module)
 Figure 4: P-I Characteristics of PV system (Single Module)

II. Characteristics of PV modules connected in Series

To design and analyze the PV system and simulate the I-V , P-V and P-I
characteristics of PV modules connected in Series using Matlab15 software.

Procedure:-

1. Open matlab – simulink – file – new- model.

2. Open simulink library and browser the component.
3. Connect all the component as per the circuit diagram and two solar cell
connect in series.
4. Set the
a) Irradiance value as 1000 w/m2
b) Short circuit current of solar cell Isc = 0.2 amp
c) Open circuit voltage (Voc ) =0.5 volt
 d) Quality factor N = 1.5each

5. Simulate the circuit using matlab and verify that model start in steady state.
6. Plot the waveform of P-I, I-V and P-V characteristics for PV modules
connected in parallel.

Circuit Diagram:-

Figure 1: Block Diagram of PV modules connected in Series

Simulated Output:-
Figure 2: I-V Characteristics of PV modules connected in Series

Figure 3: P-V Characteristics of PV modules connected in Series

 Figure 4: P-I Characteristics of PV modules connected in Series

III. Characteristics of PV modules connected in Parallel

To design and analyze the PV system and simulate the I-V , P-V and P-I
characteristics of PV modules connected in Parallel using Matlab15 software.

Procedure:-

1. Open matlab – simulink – file – new- model.

2. Open simulink library and browser the component.
3. Connect all the component as per the circuit diagram and two solar cell
connect in parallel.
4. Set the
a) Irradiance value as 2000 w/m2
b) Short circuit current of solar cell Isc = 0.4 amp
c) Open circuit voltage (Voc ) =0.5 volt
d) Quality factor N = 1.5each
 5. Simulate the circuit using matlab and verify that model start in steady state.
6. Plot the wave from of P-I, I-V and P-V characteristics for PV modules
connected in parallel.

Circuit Diagram:-

Figure 1: Block Diagram of PV modules connected in Parallel

Simulated Output:-
Figure 2: I-V Characteristics of PV modules connected in Parallel

Figure 3: P-I Characteristics of PV modules connected in Parallel

 Figure 4: P-V Characteristics of PV modules connected in Parallel

IV. Characteristics of Wind Turbine Energy Conversion System

To design and analyze the Characteristics of Wind Turbine Energy Conversion

System and simulate the characteristics using Matlab15 software.

Procedure:-

1. Open matlab – simulink – file – new- model.

2. Open simulink library and browser the component.
3. Connect all the component as per the circuit diagram.
4. Assign value to component ( voltage source, transformer ,wind turbine).
5. Select the parameter which is be calculated as output from bus terminal.
6. Connect proper gain to the output parameter as needed.
7. Fix the simulation time by clicking model configuration parameter.
8. Simulate the circuit model and verified that model start at steady state.
 9. The real power ,voltage , pitch plot the phase diagram obtained and the angle
are displayed in the slope.
10. The reactive power is displayed in the displays.
11. Save the model.

Circuit Diagram:-

Figure 1: Block Diagram of Wind Turbine Energy Conversion System

Simulated Output:-
Figure 2: Real Power generated from the Wind Turbine Energy Conversion System

Figure 3: Voltage generated from the Wind Turbine Energy Conversion System
 Figure 4: Pitch angle of the Wind Turbine

LABVIEW EXPERIMENTS
1.Temperature Measurement using Labview Software
2. Half Adder and Subtractor
3. Image Animation using Ring

4. Water Level Measurement