Multiple-input boost converter to minimize power losses due to partial shading in photovoltaic modules

2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2633-2636

  Dhople, Sairaj V ^a   Ehlmann, Jonathan L ^a   Davoudi, Ali ^a   Chapman, Patrick L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SolarBridge Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum power point tracking; Microconverter; Microinverter; Multiple input boost converter; Partial shading; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MICROCONVERTER; MICROINVERTER; MULTIPLE INPUTS; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PUMPS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 78650167847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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