Outdoor experimental laboratory for long-term estimation of photovoltaic-plant performance

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1307-1314

  Carullo, Alessio ^a   Vallan, Alberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; data acquisition; electric variables measurement; photovoltaic power systems; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LABORATORIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; LONG-TERM ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 84859793367     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2180972     Document Type: Article

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