Development of a model to simulate the performance characteristics of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules/strings/arrays

Solar Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-41

  Ma, Tao ^a   Yang, Hongxing ^a   Lu, Lin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Experimental verification; Field measurement; Mathematic model; PV module string array

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM; MATHEMATIC MODEL; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PV MODULES; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURVE FITTING; MATLAB; MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; IRRADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84890812676     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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