Measuring the I-V curve of PV generators: Analyzing different dc-dc converter topologies

IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 4-14

  Aranda, Eladio Durán ^a   Gómez Galan, Juan Antonio ^a   de Cardona, Mariano Sidrach ^b   Andújar Márquez, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCK-AND-BOOST CONVERTER; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; I - V CURVE; I-V CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; PARALLEL CONNECTIONS; PV GENERATORS; SEPIC CONVERTER; SINGLE-ENDED PRIMARY INDUCTANCE CONVERTERS;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

DC GENERATORS;

EID: 70350135505     PISSN: 19324529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIE.2009.933882     Document Type: Article

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