Explicit empirical model for general photovoltaic devices: Experimental validation at maximum power point

Solar Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-116

  Massi Pavan, A ^a   Mellit, A ^b,c   Lughi, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Current power voltage characteristic; Empirical; Explicit model; Photovoltaic devices; Polynomial regression

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-POWER/VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTIC; EMPIRICAL; EXPLICIT MODELING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION;

NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ELECTRICAL METHOD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892449890     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.12.024     Document Type: Article

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