A switched PV approach for extracted maximum power enhancement of PV arrays during partial shading

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 767-772

  Elserougi, Ahmed A ^a   Diab, Mohamed S ^a   Massoud, Ahmed M ^a,b   Abdel Khalik, Ayman S ^a   Ahmed, Shehab ^c  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); partial shading switched PV

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS;

COST EFFECTIVE; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; OPERATING CONDITION; OUTPUT POWER; PARTIAL SHADING; POWER ENHANCEMENT;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 85027923846     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2015.2414180     Document Type: Article

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