An intelligent method for sizing optimization in grid-connected photovoltaic system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2067-2082

  Sulaiman, Shahril Irwan ^a   Rahman, Titik Khawa Abdul ^a   Musirin, Ismail ^a   Shaari, Sulaiman ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Evolutionary programming (EP); Grid connected photovoltaic (GCPV); Optimization; Photovoltaic (PV); Sizing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; DECISION VARIABLES; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; GRID-CONNECTED; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT METHOD; NON-LINEAR SCALING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL SETS; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; OPTIMIZATION TASK; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PV MODULES; SIZING; SIZING ALGORITHMS; SIZING OPTIMIZATION; SIZING PROCESS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 84861682318     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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