Maximum power point tracking on stand-alone solar power system: Three-point-weighting method incorporating mid-point tracking

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-24

  Wu, Yu Chi ^a   Chen, Meng Jen ^b   Huang, Sih Hao ^a   Tsai, Ming Tsung ^c   Li, Chia Huang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Maximum power point tracking; Modified three point weighting method; Stand alone solar power system; Three point weighting method

Indexed keywords

HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; MATLAB /SIMULINK; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MODIFIED THREE-POINT-WEIGHTING METHOD; PERTURBATION AND OBSERVATION METHODS; RIGHT-HAND SIDES; THREE-POINT-WEIGHTING METHOD; WEIGHTING METHODS;

HARDWARE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR ENERGY;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84876206193     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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