A novel wireless self-powered microcontroller-based monitoring circuit for photovoltaic panels in grid-connected systems

SPEEDAM 2010 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 164-168

  Gargiulo, M ^a   Guerriero, P ^a   Daliento, S ^a   Irace, A ^a   d'Alessandro, V ^a   Crisci, M ^b   Smarrelli, A ^b   Smarrelli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISET Energia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Monitoring system; Photovoltaic panel; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

GRID CONNECTED SYSTEMS; MONITORING CIRCUIT; MONITORING SYSTEM; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PV PLANTS; SELF-POWERED; SUPER CAPACITOR; WIRELESS CONNECTIVITIES;

CAPACITORS; DATA TRANSFER; HARVESTING; MONITORING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77956562170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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