The effect of electrical array reconfiguration on the performance of a pv-powered volumetric water pump

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 653-658

  Salameh, Ziyad M ^a   Dagher, Fouad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Array Reconfiguration, Photovoltaic Systems; Solar Irradiance; Volumetric pump

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MOTORS, DC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

VOLUMETRIC WATER PUMPS;

WELL PUMPS;

EID: 0025638149     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: 15580059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/60.63135     Document Type: Article

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