Evaluation of MPP voltage and power of mc-Si PV modules in partial shading conditions

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 923-932

  Paraskevadaki, Evagelia V ^a   Papathanassiou, Stavros A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Maximum power point (MPP); multicrystalline silicon (mc Si) photovoltaic (PV) modules; partial shading; photovoltaic power systems

Indexed keywords

ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; BYPASS DIODES; DETAILED MODELING; ENERGY YIELDS; I - V CURVE; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MISMATCH LOSS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SILICON (MC-SI); PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER OUT PUT; PV ARRAYS; PV MODULES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMULATION MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYSILICON; SPICE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 80052046138     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2011.2126021     Document Type: Article

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