A new procedure for estimating the cell temperature of a high concentrator photovoltaic grid connected system based on atmospheric parameters

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 1031-1039

  Fernández, Eduardo F ^a   Almonacid, Florencia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric parameters; Cell temperature at maximum power; High concentrator photovoltaic systems; Mathematical methods

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; MAXIMUM POWER; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84938367305     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.07.034     Document Type: Article

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