Dynamical optimal positioning of a photovoltaic panel in all weather conditions

Applied Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 429-438

  Gulin, Marko ^a   Vašak, Mario ^a   Perić, Nedjeljko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Model predictive control; Photovoltaic system with dual axes positioning; Solar radiation modeling; Stochastic optimization; Unscented transformation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; METEOROLOGY; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; OPTIMAL POSITIONING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHM; RADIATION MODELING; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS; UNSCENTED TRANSFORMATIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84876468372     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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