A modular strategy for isolated photovoltaic systems based on microcontroller

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1825-1832

  Pernía, Alberto M ^a   Arias, Jorge ^a   Prieto, Miguel J ^a   Martínez, Juan Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Isolated photovoltaic systems; Maximum power point (MPP); Microcontroller; Step down converter

Indexed keywords

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MICROCONTROLLERS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; COST MICROCONTROLLERS; INPUT VOLTAGES; ISOLATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; LOW-POWER APPLICATIONS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT (MPP); MICROCONTROLLER; MODULAR STRATEGIES; OPERATION MODES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PARALLEL CONNECTIONS; PULSE-WIDTH MODULATIONS; PV ARRAYS; STEP-DOWN CONVERTER;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 60949109175     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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