Improved optimization strategy for irradiance equalization in dynamic photovoltaic arrays

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2946-2956

  Storey, Jonathan P ^a   Wilson, Peter R ^a   Bagnall, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic photovoltaic array (DPVA); Irradiance profiling; Reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONTROL ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC RE-CONFIGURATION; IRRADIANCE PROFILING; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; RECONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ARRAY;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84886690143     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2221481     Document Type: Article

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