Diagnosis of output power lowering in a PV array by using the kalman-filter algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 885-894

  Kang, Byung Kwan ^a   Kim, Seung Tak ^a   Bae, Sun Ho ^a   Park, Jung Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Kalman filter; maximum power point (MPP) tracking; partial shading; photovoltaic (PV); power lowering

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL MONITORING; DIAGNOSIS METHODS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD TEST; IRRADIATION LEVELS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MODULE TEMPERATURE; OUTPUT POWER; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER LOWERING; PV ARRAYS; PV GENERATORS; PV MODULE TEMPERATURE; PV MODULES; PV SYSTEM; SIMULATION TESTS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84870295632     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2012.2217144     Document Type: Article

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