A validation study of photovoltaic module series resistance determination under various operating conditions according to IEC 60891

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 650-660

  Polverini, Davide ^a   Tzamalis, Georgios ^a   Müllejans, Harald ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

international standards; irradiance; module performance; PV module; series resistance; temperature

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; IRRADIANCE; MODULE PERFORMANCE; PV MODULES; SERIES RESISTANCES;

ENERGY CONVERSION; POLYSILICON; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 84865616029     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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