A global maximum power point tracking scheme employing DIRECT search algorithm for photovoltaic systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3456-3467

  Nguyen, Tat Luat ^a   Low, Kay Soon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Global peak (GP); maximum power point tracking (MPPT); partially shaded; photovoltaic (PV) systems; solar energy

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SEARCH ALGORITHM; DIVIDING RECTANGLES; EXISTING METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAST-TRACKING; GLOBAL MAXIMUM; GLOBAL PEAK (GP); MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; NEW APPROACHES; PARTIALLY SHADED; PERTURB-AND-OBSERVE METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PUMPS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77956571305     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2039450     Document Type: Article

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