A simplified battery charge controller for safety and increased utilization in standalone PV applications

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 002441-002447

  Tesfahunegn, S G ^a,b   Vie, P J S ^a   Ulleberg, O ^a   Undeland, T M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CONTROLLERS; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; DUAL-LOOP CONTROL; OVER-VOLTAGES; SIMULINK; SMALL SIGNAL MODEL; VOLTAGE OVERSHOOT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CONTROL; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84861038592     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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