Very fast and accurate procedure for the characterization of photovoltaic panels from datasheet information

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Laudani, Antonino ^a   Riganti Fulginei, Francesco ^a   Salvini, Alessandro ^a   Lozito, Gabriele Maria ^a   Coco, Salvatore ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DATA APPROXIMATION; DATA SHEETS; FIVE PARAMETERS; FIVE-PARAMETER MODEL; MODEL SIMPLIFICATION; MODELING DATA; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; SEARCH SPACES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84899452563     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/946360     Document Type: Article

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