Tool for automated simulation of solar arrays using general-purpose simulators

Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, COMPEL

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 10-14

  Pongratananukul, N ^a   Kasparis, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

CURRENT FLOW; ELECTRIC ENERGY; LARGE SYSTEMS; SOLAR ARRAYS;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 21644437715     PISSN: 10935142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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