Global maximum power point tracking algorithm for PV systems operating under partially shaded conditions using the segmentation search method

Solar Energy

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 350-363

  Liu, Yi Hua ^a   Chen, Jing Hsiao ^a   Huang, Jia Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Global maximum power point tracking (GMPPT); Partially shaded conditions (PSCs); Photovoltaic generation systems (PGSs)

Indexed keywords

FIRMWARE; TRACKING (POSITION);

EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; GLOBAL MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PARTIALLY SHADED CONDITIONS (PSCS); PERTURB-AND-OBSERVE METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION SYSTEM; TRACKING ALGORITHM; VARIABLE STEP SIZE; VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84896038680     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.031     Document Type: Article

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