In-site real-time photovoltaic I-V curves and maximum power point estimator

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1234-1240

  Blanes, José M ^a   Toledo, F Javier ^a   Montero, Sergio ^a   Garrigós, Ausiàs ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; maximum power point tracker (MPPT); perturb and observe (P O); photovoltaic (PV); renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL MODELS; I - V CURVE; MAXIMUM AVAILABLE POWER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; MEASURED POINTS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING POINTS; PERTURB AND OBSERVE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REAL TIME; REAL TIME MONITORING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR ARRAYS; SOLAR PANELS;

CURVE FITTING;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84867852201     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2206830     Document Type: Article

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