A novel improved variable step-size incremental-resistance MPPT method for PV systems

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2427-2434

  Mei, Qiang ^a   Shan, Mingwei ^b   Liu, Liying ^c   Guerrero, Josep M ^d  

^a WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b General Electronics   (United States)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Incremental resistance (INR); maximum power point (MPP) tracking (MPPT); photovoltaic (PV) power systems; variable step size

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; INCREMENTAL RESISTANCE (INR); MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT (MPP) TRACKING (MPPT); OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING RANGES; PEAK POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) POWER SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV ARRAYS; PV SYSTEM; RESPONSE SPEED; SOLAR IRRADIATION; STEADY STATE; STEP SIZE; TRACKING ACCURACY; VARIABLE STEP SIZE;

ALGORITHMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 79956283822     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2064275     Document Type: Article

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