Statistic and parallel testing procedure for evaluating maximum power point tracking algorithms of photovoltaic power systems

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1062-1069

  Xiao, Weidong ^a   Zeineldin, H H ^a,b   Zhang, Peng ^c  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); paired different test; photovoltaic (PV) power systems

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE TESTING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING ALGORITHMS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; TESTING AND EVALUATION;

CONTROL; MANUFACTURE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84880306766     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2257922     Document Type: Article

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