Performance Analysis of Models for Calculating the Maximum Power of High Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 947-955

  Soria Moya, Alberto ^a   Almonacid Cruz, Florencia ^a   Fernandez, Eduardo F ^a,b   Rodrigo, Pedro ^c   Mallick, Tapas K ^b   Perez Higueras, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

High concentrator photovoltaic (HCPV); mathematical methods; maximum power; outdoor measurements

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL-NETWORK BASED MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MAXIMUM POWER; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84928378222     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2397605     Document Type: Article

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