A novel maximum power point tracking technique for photovoltaic module based on power plane analysis of I- V characteristics

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4734-4745

  Raj, J S Christy Mano ^a   Jeyakumar, A Ebenezer ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Effects of degradation; effects of photovoltaic (PV) characteristic parameters; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); power plane analysis (PPA); power region

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POWER PLANES; POWER REGION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84897423696     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2290776     Document Type: Article

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