Robust maximum power point tracking method for photovoltaic cells: A sliding mode control approach

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1370-1378

  Chu, Chen Chi ^a   Chen, Chieh Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic cells; Robustness; Sliding mode control

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT CHANGE; LOAD VARIATIONS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR I-V CHARACTERISTICS; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK POWER TRACKING; ROBUSTNESS; SLIDING MODES; STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PUMPS; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS;

ALGORITHM; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; TRACKING;

EID: 67649435622     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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