A direct control based maximum power point tracking method for photovoltaic system under partial shading conditions using particle swarm optimization algorithm

Applied Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 414-422

  Ishaque, Kashif ^a,b   Salam, Zainal ^a   Shamsudin, Amir ^a   Amjad, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b KARACHI INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Direct control; Malaysian weather condition; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Partial shading; Particle swarm optimization (PSO); Photovoltaic (PV) system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

DIRECT CONTROL; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

ALGORITHM; IRRADIANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRACKING; TROPICAL REGION; WEATHER;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84864810794     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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