A novel maximum power fuzzy logic controller for photovoltaic solar energy systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-399

  Altas, I H ^a   Sharaf, A M ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic controller; Fuzzy logic search tracker; Maximum power search; Maximum power tracking; Photovoltaic arrays; Renewable energy utilization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUZZY LOGIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER; FUZZY LOGIC SEARCH TRACKER; MAXIMUM POWER SEARCH; MAXIMUM POWER TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; RENEWABLE ENERGY UTILIZATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FUZZY LOGIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 36549030374     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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