Calculating electrical and thermal characteristics of multiple PV array configurations installed in the tropics

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 418-424

  Effendy Ya'Acob, M ^a   Hizam, Hashim ^a   Htay, Myo Than ^c   Radzi, M Amran M ^a   Khatib, Tamer ^b   Bakri A, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Array performance; CPV PV array; Electrical characteristics; Temperature effect; Tropical weather

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; OPERATING CONDITION; PV ARRAYS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; STRONG CORRELATION; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TROPICS;

EID: 84880889636     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.06.035     Document Type: Article

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