Design and implementation of an intelligent maximum power point tracking controller for photovoltaic systems

International Review of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 3759-3768

  Chao, K H ^a   Chiu, C L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Whetron Electronic Co   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extension theory; Maximum power point (MPP); Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method; Programmable system on chip (PSoC); PSIM simulation software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864359677     PISSN: 18276660     EISSN: 25332244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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