A test protocol to enable comparative evaluation of maximum power point trackers under both static and dynamic irradiance

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 003734-003737

  Ropp, M ^a   Cale, J ^b   Mills Price, M ^c   Scharf, M ^c   Hummel, S G ^c  

^a Northern Plains Power Technologies   (United States)

^b Advanced Energy Industries Incorporated   (United States)

^c Advanced Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ENERGY HARVEST; FIGURE OF MERITS; IRRADIANCE PROFILES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; PV ARRAYS; PV SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TEST PROTOCOLS; TIME VARIATIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PROFITABILITY;

ELECTRIC CURRENT REGULATORS;

EID: 84861018946     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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