An investigation into the effect of photovoltaic module electric properties on maximum power point trajectory with the aim of its alignment with electrolyzer U-I characteristic

Thermal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 729-738

  Firak, Mihajlo ^a   Djukić, Ankica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Electrolyzer; Maximum power point; Non ideality factor; Operating (U I) characteristic; Parallel resistance; Photovoltaic module; Series resistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATLAB; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TRAJECTORIES;

ELECTROLYZERS; IDEALITY FACTORS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; NON-IDEALITY FACTOR; NONIDEALITY; OPERATING (U-I) CHARACTERISTIC; PARALLEL RESISTANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POINT TRAJECTORY; SERIES RESISTANCES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 78649922248     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI1003729F     Document Type: Article

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