A growing neural gas network based MPPT technique for multi-string PV plants

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 544-549

  Di Piazza, Maria Carmela ^a   Pucci, Marcello ^a   Ragusa, Antonella ^a   Vitale, Gianpaolo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growing neural gas network; Maximum power point tracking; Photovoltaic system

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; GROWING NEURAL GAS NETWORKS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MODEL-BASED; PERTURB AND OBSERVE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV PLANTS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; VARIABLE STEP SIZE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAS PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PUMPS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 78650325661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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