Design considerations for large roof-integrated photovoltaic arrays

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-67

  Ropp, Michael E ^a,b   Begovic, Miroslav ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a   Long, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ROOFS; TEMPERATURE;

DESIGN DECISIONS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0030704489     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-159X(199701/02)5:1<55::AID-PIP156>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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