Optimal design of photovoltaic systems using high time-resolution meteorological data

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2270-2279

  Paravalos, Charalambos ^a   Koutroulis, Eftichios ^a   Samoladas, Vasilis ^a   Kerekes, Tamas ^b   Sera, Dezso ^b   Teodorescu, Remus ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Design; genetic algorithms (GAs); grid connected; optimization; photovoltaic (PV) system

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION;

GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); GRID-CONNECTED; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; TIME-RESOLUTION;

DESIGN;

EID: 84910027273     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2014.2322814     Document Type: Article

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