Optimized maximum power point tracker for fast-changing environmental conditions

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2629-2637

  Sera, Dezso ^a   Teodorescu, Remus ^a   Hantschel, Jochen ^b   Knoll, Michael ^c,d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b REFU Elektronik GmbH   (Germany)

^c REFU Elektonik GmbH   (Germany)

^d DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fast changing irradiation; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic; Solar

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CLOUDY CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; HILL-CLIMBING (HC); MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER (MPPT); PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS (PVP); RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 47049090562     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.924036     Document Type: Article

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