Wind effect on PV module temperature: Analysis of different techniques for an accurate estimation

Energy Procedia

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-86

  Schwingshackl, C ^a   Petitta, M ^a,b   Wagner, J E ^a   Belluardo, G ^a   Moser, D ^a   Castelli, M ^a,c   Zebisch, M ^a   Tetzlaff, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Module temperature; Nominal operating cell temperature; Photovoltaic module; PV cell operating temperature; Solar cell; Temperature estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892582997     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.08.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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