Electrical PV array reconfiguration strategy for energy extraction improvement in grid-connected PV systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4319-4331

  Velasco Quesada, Guillermo ^a   Guinjoan Gispert, Francisco ^a   Piqué López, Robert ^a   Román Lumbreras, Manuel ^a   Conesa Roca, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical array reconfiguration (EAR); Grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems; Reconfigurable PV systems

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ELECTRICAL ARRAY RECONFIGURATION (EAR); ELECTRICAL RE-CONNECTION; ENERGY EXTRACTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EXTERNAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SYSTEMS; OPERATING CONDITION; PV ARRAYS; PV GENERATORS; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM; REAL-TIME ADAPTATION; RECONFIGURABLE PV SYSTEMS; SOLAR PANELS; SWITCHING MATRIX;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 70350376434     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2024664     Document Type: Article

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