Exact maximum power point tracking of partially shaded PV strings based on current equalization concept

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1411-1416

  Sharma, Pooja ^a   Peter, Pradeep K ^b   Agarwal, Vivek ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

current equalization; fly back converter; maximum power point tracking; partial shading; photovoltaic module

Indexed keywords

CURRENT FLOWS; EQUALIZATION CURRENTS; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; ON CURRENTS; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POWER OUT PUT; PV ARRAYS; PV MODULES; SERIES CONNECTIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84869483109     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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