Maximum-power-point tracking control of solar heating system

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3278-3287

  Huang, Bin Juine ^a   Ton, Wei Zhe ^a   Wu, Chen Chun ^a   Ko, Hua Wei ^a   Chang, Hsien Shun ^a   Yen, Rue Her ^a   Wang, Jiunn Cherng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Solar collector; Solar control; Solar heating; Solar process heat; Solar system; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK TRACKING CONTROL; HEAT COLLECTION; MASS FLOW RATE; PI CONTROLLER; POINT TRACKING; PUMPING POWER; PUMPING POWER CONSUMPTION; QUADRATIC TIME; SOLAR CONTROL; SOLAR HEAT; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM; SOLAR PROCESS; SOLAR THERMAL; TRACKING CONTROLS; TRACKING ERRORS; TRACKING FILTER; TRACKING PERFORMANCE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW RATE; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR SYSTEM;

TARGET TRACKING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEATING; PUMPING; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84866525035     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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