Parametric Analysis of Recent Hybrid BIPV Array Configurations for Power Loss Mitigation Under Nonuniform Shading Situations

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is one of the greatest ways to use solar energy, which is currently the most plentiful and clean energy source available. A technically sound and financially profitable solution for a building's electrical independence is adopting BIPV technology. This one is one of the most promising solar energy harvesting technologies for cities. When partially shaded, solar PV arrays have an issue with heating and hotspot formation. The traditional series-parallel array architecture has a problem with efficiency degradation under partial shade conditions (PSCs). Hybrid Series-parallel & total-cross-tied (S-P & T-C-T), honey-comb & total-cross tied (HC & T-C-T), and bridge linked & total-cross tied (B-L & T-C-T) are a few of the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$10 \times 10$</tex> hybrid designs that were selected. In this paper, the effects of these hybrid array designs are examined in terms of their topological and performance characteristics. The MATLAB/Simulink R2019b is used to model and test the hybrid configurations using the BIPV module (Model: BIPV054-T86 & Category: Roof Tile). Under four diverse PSCs, the performance of hybrid setups is evaluated by assessing global maximum power point (GMPP), mismatched power loss (MPL), efficiency and fill factor (FF) in each configuration under various PSCs.