Performance analysis of PV pumping systems using switched reluctance motor drives

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Metwally, Hamid M B ^a,c   Anis, Wagdy R ^b  

^a Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

^c YANBU INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Performance of PV pumping systems; Photovoltaic systems; Pumping systems; PV system simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041762557     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-8904(95)00355-X     Document Type: Article

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