OICC Press International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering 2251-6832 8 4 (December 2017) 2017 10 28 Parameters identification of a photovoltaic module in a thermal system using meta-heuristic optimization methods 10.1007/s40095-017-0252-6 EN Mohcene Bechouat Laboratoire des télécommunications, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, DZ Abdelaziz Younsi Laboratoire des télécommunications, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, DZ Moussa Sedraoui Laboratoire des télécommunications, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, DZ Youcef Soufi Labget Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Tebessa, Tebessa, DZ Laatra Yousfi Laboratory Inverses Problems: Modeling, Information and Systems (PI: MIS), University of Tebessa, Tebessa, DZ Ismail Tabet Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Énergies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Énergies Renouvelables, CDER, Ghardaïa, 47133, DZ Khaled Touafek Unité de Recherche Appliquée en Énergies Renouvelables, URAER, Centre de Développement des Énergies Renouvelables, CDER, Ghardaïa, 47133, DZ Journal Article 2017 10 28 Abstract Experimental studies confirm that the obtained electrical power by a conventional photovoltaic PV system is progressively degraded when the temperature of its cells is increased. The water-cooled photovoltaic thermal PVT system is therefore proposed to avoid the voltage drop at high temperature. The use of single diode PV/PVT models in simulation software becomes indispensable to analyze its performances where several climatic conditions such as environmental temperature and solar radiation variations should be considered. An optimal set of PV/PVT model parameters are determined through experimental data using two evolutionary computation algorithms; genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm. Furthermore, the robustness of the given PV/PVT model should be analyzed. The predicted electrical properties by the proposed PVT model are compared with those given by the conventional PV model at its operating cell conditions and also at several rigid atmospheric conditions.