A new maximum power point tracking method for photovoltaic arrays using golden section search algorithm

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 619-622

  Shao, Riming ^a   Chang, Linchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Golden section search; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic array

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PUMPS; TECHNOLOGY;

BASIC PRINCIPLES; BOOST CHOPPER; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; FAST CONVERGENCE; GOLDEN SECTION SEARCH; GSS ALGORITHM; MATLAB /SIMULINK; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV SYSTEMS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION MODELLING; SIMULINK;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 51849137087     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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