PV Basics
"Centrales Photovoltaïques : Guide pour le dimensionnement et la réalisation de projets, à l'usage des bureaux d'ingénieurs", Jean-Marc Cottier, Jean Graf, André Mermoud, Michel Villoz, cours PACER, 1996.
"Installations Photovoltaïques autonomes: Guide pour le dimensionnement et la réalisation", Jean-Marc Cottier, Jean Graf, André Mermoud, Michel Villoz, cours PACER / DDC, 1998.
You can also consult a base technical book for engineer:
"Solar Photovoltaics", Anne Labouret and Michel Villoz, format Paperback, published on October 2010, Institution of Engineering and Technology, ISBN-10: 1849191549, ISBN-13: 9781849191548
"Energie solaire photovoltaïque", Anne Labouret et Michel Villoz, collection Technique et Ingénierie, publié en 2009, 4ème édition, EAN13 : 9782100522002
"Energía solar fotovoltaica : manual práctico", Anne Labouret y Michel Villoz, format Paperback, publicado en el mes de diciembre del 2006, ISBN-10: 8496709000, ISBN-13: 978-8496709003
"Construire écolo pour une maison économe en énergie", Michel Villoz, hors collection Dunod, publié en 2007
(220 pages) , EAN13 : 9782100505463
Software evaluation
The PHOTON laboratory has analysed and tested about 20 software available on the market for the study of PV systems yield. This analysis was published in several editions of PHOTON Magazine (German and Spanish of April 2011, Italian and French of May 2011).
For the assessment of the yield prediction of each program, PHOTON has used 3 monitored PV installations. But we found that the reference irradiance data were not quite well measured, so that the conclusions of PHOTON may be doubtful.
Pierre Ineichen, University of Geneva, May 2011
Note about the PHOTON simulation Software survey - 2011 (English)
Note sur le comparatif de programmes de simulation PV de PHOTON (French)
André Mermoud - University of Geneva, June 2011
Irradiation models
"Five satellite products deriving beam and global irradiance validation on data from 23 ground stations (IEA)", Ineichen, P., 2011,
Research report of the Institut of the Environnemental Sciences, University of Geneva.
"Global irradiance on tilted and oriented planes: model validations", Ineichen, P., 2011,
Research report of the Institut of the Environnemental Sciences, University of Geneva.
"Global irradiation: average and typical year, and year to year annual variability", Ineichen, P., 2011,
Research report of the Institut of the Environnemental Sciences, University of Geneva.
Physical models
"Optimization of row-arrangement in PV Systems, shading loss evaluations according to module positioning and connexions", André Mermoud, 2012.
Poster Paper presented at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany, 24-28 Septembre 2012.
"Performance assessment of a simulation model for PV modules of any available technology", Mermoud, A. & Lejeune, T., 2010,
Poster paper presented at the 25-th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), Valencia, Spain, 6-10 september 2010
"Conception et Dimensionnement de Systèmes Photovoltaïques : Introduction des Modules PV en couches minces dans le logiciel PVsyst", Mermoud, A., 2005,
Research report of the Institut of the Environnemental Sciences, University of Geneva.
"Software Modeling of FLATCON© CPV Systems", Tobias Gerstmaier, Sascha van Riesen, Andreas Gombert, André Mermoud, Thibault Lejeune, Eric Duminil, 2010,
Poster paper presented at the "6TH International conference on concentrating photovoltaic systems: CPV-6". AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1277, pp. 183-186.
"Partial shadings on PV arrays: by-pass diode benefits analysis", Mermoud, A. & Lejeune, T., 2010,
Poster paper presented at the 25-th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), Valencia, Spain, 6-10 september 2010
"Pump behavior modelling for use in a general simulation software", Mermoud, A., 2004,
Poster paper presented at the 19-th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), Paris, France 7-11 June 2004
"Technico-economical Optimization of Photovoltaic Pumping Systems Pedagogic and Simulation Tool Implementation in the PVsyst Software", Mermoud, A., 2006
Research report of the Institut of the Environnemental Sciences, University of Geneva.
