Experimental system for current-voltage curve measurement of photovoltaic modules under outdoor conditions

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 591-602

  Piliougine, M ^a   Carretero, J ^a   Mora Lopez L ^a   Sidrach De Cardona, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

electrical parameters determination; I V curve tracer; outdoor measurements; uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENTS; CURRENT LIMITS; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FOUR-QUADRANT; I - V CURVE; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MULTIMETERS; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POWER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; FUNCTION GENERATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960027342     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1073     Document Type: Article

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