The battery voltage distribution: A possible tool for surveying the state of health of stand-alone PV systems

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-260

  Lorenzo, E ^a,c   Labed, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Battery ageing; PV degradation; PV system surveillance; Voltage distribution

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CORROSION PREVENTION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SERVICE LIFE; SOLAR ENERGY;

BATTERY AGEING; PV DEGRADATION; PV SYSTEM SURVEILLANCE; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 17444371642     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.578     Document Type: Article

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