An optimized fuzzy maximum power point tracker for stand alone photovoltaic systems: Ant colony approach

Proceedings of the 2012 7th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-119

  Adly, M ^a   Besheer, A H ^b  

^a German University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adaptive Fuzzy; Ant Optimization; MPPT; Photovoltaic Systems

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE TRACKING; ADAPTIVE FUZZY; ANT COLONIES; ANT COLONY SYSTEM ALGORITHMS; ANT SYSTEMS; BATTERY LOADS; FINE TUNING; FUZZY AGENTS; IRRADIANCE LEVEL; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER; MPPT; OPTIMAL RESPONSE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PV ARRAYS; SETTLING TIME; STAND -ALONE; STAND ALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; BLENDING; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84871709138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6360707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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