Successful design of PV power systems for solid-state lighting applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5530, Issue , 2004, Pages 284-295

  Thornton, J P ^a   Stafford, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photovoltaics; Solid state lighting

Indexed keywords

AC MACHINERY; COSTS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ELECTRIC SERVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLID-STATE LIGHTING; TIME-CONSUMING PERMITTING PROCESS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 15744364234     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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