Maximum photovoltaic power tracking for the PV array using the fractional-order incremental conductance method

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4840-4847

  Lin, Chia Hung ^a   Huang, Cong Hui ^b   Du, Yi Chun ^c   Chen, Jian Liung ^a  

^a KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractional order incremental conductance method (FOICM); Maximum photovoltaic power tracking (MPPT); Photovoltaic (PV) array; Small photovoltaic system

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; CELL TEMPERATURE; CONVERSION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC MATHEMATICAL MODEL; DYNAMIC VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; INCREMENTAL CONDUCTANCE METHODS; INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; NONLINEAR CHARACTERISTICS; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) ARRAY; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV ARRAYS; SOLAR LIGHT; TRACKING TIME; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARRAY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80052259329     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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