Characterisation of solar cells and modules under actual operating conditions

Renewable Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Durisch, W ^a   Urban, J ^b   Smestad, G ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b FHU   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell temperature; Error estimations; I V characteristic; Irradiance measurement; Maximum power point detection; Photovoltaic test stand; Solar cell efficiency; Sun tracker; Temperature coefficient of efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; ERRORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

CELL TEMPERATURE; ERROR ESTIMATION; IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENT; MAXIMUM POINT DETECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC TEST STAND; SUN TRACKER; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0030149716     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88878-1     Document Type: Article

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