TY - JFULL AU - Ammar Mahjoubi and Ridha Fethi Mechlouch and Belgacem Mahdhaoui and Ammar Ben Brahim PY - 2013/7/ TI - Development of a Real-Time Energy Models for Photovoltaic Water Pumping System T2 - International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering SP - 700 EP - 710 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7069 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 78, 2013 N2 - This purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a model to accurately predict the cell temperature of a PV module that adapts to various mounting configurations, mounting locations, and climates while only requiring readily available data from the module manufacturer. Results from this model are also compared to results from published cell temperature models. The models were used to predict real-time performance from a PV water pumping systems in the desert of Medenine, south of Tunisia using 60-min intervals of measured performance data during one complete year. Statistical analysis of the predicted results and measured data highlight possible sources of errors and the limitations and/or adequacy of existing models, to describe the temperature and efficiency of PV-cells and consequently, the accuracy of performance of PV water pumping systems prediction models. ER -