Effect of solar array capacitance on the performance of switching shunt voltage regulator

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 543-548

  Kumar, R Anil ^a   Suresh, M S ^b   Nagaraju, J ^c  

^a HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Array capacitance; Pulse width modulator (PWM); Shunt switching power conditioner

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

PULSE-WIDTH MODULATOR (PWM); RIPPLE VOLTAGE; SHUNT SWITCHING POWER CONDITIONER; SOLAR ARRAY CAPACITANCE;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 33644895388     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.869779     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. R. A. Kumar, M. S. Suresh, and J. Nagaraju, "Measurement of ac parameters of gallium arsenide (GaAs/Ge) solar cell by impedance spectroscopy," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 2177-2179, Sep. 2001.
2. R. A. Kumar, M. S. Suresh, and J. Nagaraju, "Measurement and comparison of ac parameters of silicon (BSR and BSFR) and gallium arsenide (GaAs/Ge) solar cell used in space application," Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells, vol. 60, pp. 155-166, 2000.
3. A. R. Patil, B. H. Cho, and F. C. Lee, "Design considerations for a solar array switching unit," in Proc. IECEC'90 Conf., 1990, pp. 373-379.
4. A. R. Patil, B. H. Cho, and F. C. Lee, "Design and test hardware for a solar array switching unit," in Proc. IECEC'92 Conf., vol. 1, 1992, pp. 1.79-1.84.
5. G. J. Madden and A. Le, "Solar panel model for design and analysis of power regulation equipment," in Proc. AIAA'94 Conf., 1994, pp. 151-156.
6. B. H. Cho and D. H. Lee, "A single PWM section solar array shunt switching unit with an active ripple filter," in Proc. IECEC'95 Conf., 1995, pp. 205-209.
7. M. S. Moon, B. H. Cho, and A. R. Patil, "A novel active ripple filter for the solar array shunt switching unit (SSU)," in Proc. IECEC'94 Conf., 1994, pp. 212-217.
8. R. A. Kumar, M. S. Suresh, and J. Nagaraju, "Facility to measure ac parameters using an impedance spectroscopy techniques," Rev. Sci. Instrum., vol. 72, no. 8, pp. 3422-3426, 2001.
9. R. A. Kumar, M. S. Suresh, and J. Nagaraju, "Time domain technique to measure solar cell capacitance," Rev. Sci. Instrum., vol. 74, no. 7, pp. 3516-3519, 2003.
10. R. A. Kumar, M. S. Suresh, and J. Nagaraju, "GaAs/Ge solar cell ac parameters at different temperatures," Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cell, vol. 77, pp. 145-153, 2003.