Simulation of photovoltaic centrals with dynamic shading

Applied Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-289

  Sánchez Reinoso, Carlos R ^a,b,c   Milone, Diego H ^a   Buitrago, Román H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CATAMARCA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dynamic shading; Neural networks; Performance; Photovoltaic; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPLETE SYSTEM; CONNECTION SCHEMES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; MODULES ARRAY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL CONNECTIONS; PARTIAL SHADING; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; SIMULATION MODEL; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ARRAY; DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84871765600     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.040     Document Type: Article

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