Exact maximum power point tracking of grid-connected partially shaded PV source using current compensation concept

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4684-4692

  Sharma, Pooja ^a   Agarwal, Vivek ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Current compensation; distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT); partial shading; photovoltaic (PV) module; resonant pulse based maximum power point tracking (MPPT)

Indexed keywords

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ACCURATE COMPENSATION; ANTI-PARALLEL DIODES; CURRENT COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INTELLIGENT CONTROLLERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PARTIAL SHADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84900386385     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2285075     Document Type: Article

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