Experimental investigation of partial shading scenarios on PV (photovoltaic) modules

Energy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 466-475

  Dolara, Alberto ^a   Lazaroiu, George Cristian ^b   Leva, Sonia ^a   Manzolini, Giampaolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Energy; Partial shading; Photovoltaic modules; Power losses; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POWER-LOSSES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

ARRAY; CRYSTALLINITY; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84878641760     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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