Performance analysis of a directly coupled photovoltaic water-pumping system

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-618

  Kolhe, Mohanlal ^a,b   Joshi, J C ^c   Kothari, D P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DC MOTORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; SOLAR INTENSITY; WATER PUMPING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 4544278708     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2004.827032     Document Type: Article

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