Reconfiguration strategy for optimization of solar photovoltaic array under non-uniform illumination conditions

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 001859-001864

  Patnaik, B ^a   Sharma, P ^a   Trimurthulu, E ^a   Duttagupta, S P ^a   Agarwal, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; CELL ARRAY; CONVENTIONAL POWER; HIGH GAIN; HIGH VOLTAGE GAIN; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MULTIPLE-PEAK; NON-UNIFORM ILLUMINATION; OPERATING VOLTAGE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PARTIAL SHADING; POWER OPTIMIZATION; POWER-LOSSES; PV MODULES; RECONFIGURATION SCHEMES; SOLAR INSOLATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84861018477     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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