Technical performance evaluation of stand-alone photovoltaic array for outdoor field conditions of New Delhi

Applied Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 644-652

  Sharma, Rakhi ^a   Tiwari, G N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Electrical energy output; Power conversion efficiency; PV array; PV operating temperature

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RATING; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIELD CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PV ARRAY; PV ARRAYS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUB-ARRAYS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ELECTRICAL POWER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

DELHI; INDIA; NEW DELHI;

EID: 84855262554     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.06.033     Document Type: Article

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