Numerical calculation of series and shunt resistance of a photovoltaic cell using the Lambert W-function: Experimental evaluation

Solar Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 246-253

  Ghani, F ^a,b   Duke, M ^a   Carson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lambert W function; Numerical calculation; Photovoltaic parameters; Series resistance; Shunt resistance; Solar modelling

Indexed keywords

LAMBERT W FUNCTION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SHUNT RESISTANCES;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLINITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

HAMILTON [WAIKATO]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 84873831476     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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