Optimal distribution for photovoltaic solar trackers to minimize power losses caused by shadows

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1826-1835

  Díaz Dorado, Eloy ^a   Suárez García, Andrés ^a   Carrillo, Camilo J ^a   Cidrás, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolutionary computation; Photovoltaic Systems

Indexed keywords

ENERGY READINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTS; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATIONS; IRREGULAR SHAPE; META-HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER-LOSSES; SOLAR TRACKER; TYPICAL DESIGN;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 78751703706     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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