Granular control of photovoltaic arrays by means of a multi-output Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 918-932

  Petrone, Giovanni ^a   Ramos Paja, Carlos Andrés ^b   Spagnuolo, Giovanni ^a   Vitelli, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

MPPT algorithm; photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING ALGORITHMS; MPPT ALGORITHMS; PERTURB AND OBSERVE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PLANAR SOLID IMMERSION MIRRORS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84881244679     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2179     Document Type: Article

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