Determination of the current-voltage characteristics of concentrator systems by using different adapted conventional techniques

Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-160

  Almonacid, Florencia ^a   Rodrigo, Pedro ^b   Fernández, Eduardo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Concentrator photovoltaics; Current voltage modelling; Outdoor working conditions

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

BILINEAR INTERPOLATION METHOD; CONCENTRATOR PHOTOVOLTAICS; CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; CURRENT VOLTAGE; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; OUTDOOR WORKING CONDITIONS; RMSE (ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR);

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CURRENT; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IRRADIANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT;

EID: 84959365827     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.082     Document Type: Article

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