Microprocessor-controlled new class of optimal battery chargers for photovoltaic applications

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 599-606

  Masoum, Mohamad A S ^a   Badejani, Seyed Mahdi Mousavi ^b   Fuchs, Ewald F ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCONTROLLERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR BATTERY CHARGER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 4544287771     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2004.827716     Document Type: Article

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