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Geometrical prediction of maximum power point for photovoltaics

Kumar, Gaurav; Panchal, Ashish K. - In: Applied Energy 119 (2014) C, pp. 237-245

It is important to drive solar photovoltaic (PV) system to its utmost capacity using maximum power point (MPP) tracking …

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Innovative and precise MPP estimation using P–V curve geometry for photovoltaics

Kumar, Gaurav; Trivedi, Milind B.; Panchal, Ashish K. - In: Applied Energy 138 (2015) C, pp. 640-647

This paper elaborates a direct maximum power point (MPP) finding method for solar photovoltaics (PV) based on quadratic regression analysis of the geometry of the power–voltage (P–V) curve of a typical PV cell or module. This method works in two stages for determination of the MPP parameters...

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Effects of frame shadow on the PV character of a photovoltaic/thermal system

Wang, Yunyun; Pei, Gang; Zhang, Longcan - In: Applied Energy 130 (2014) C, pp. 326-332

Most photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems have an air layer between the glass cover and the cells to minimize heat loss …

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Double-layer orthogonal-offset photovoltaic platforms

Edgar, Ross; Cochard, Steve; Stachurski, Zbigniew - In: Applied Energy 147 (2015) C, pp. 478-485

Photovoltaic panels used for power generation are subject to significant wind loads of concern to mounting systems. A … novel method of arranging photovoltaic surface in layers of non-overlapping panels is proposed for tracking systems to …

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Optimal displacement of photovoltaic array’s rows using a novel shading model

Castellano, Nuria Novas; Parra, Gázquez; Antonio, José; … - In: Applied Energy 144 (2015) C, pp. 1-9

Photovoltaic energy has experienced tremendous growth in terms of implementation at facilities for power supply in … amounts of shadowing among them, which can reduce the overall energy produced from the array of photovoltaic panels on … the distance between the rows of fixed photovoltaic panels. The proposed method is based on the exact calculation of the …

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Economic and environmental based operation strategies of a hybrid photovoltaic–microgas turbine trigeneration system

Basrawi, Firdaus; Yamada, Takanobu; Obara, Shin’ya - In: Applied Energy 121 (2014) C, pp. 174-183

This study investigates the economic and environmental performance of a photovoltaic (PV) and microgas turbine … electricity was eliminated. Combination of photovoltaic and MGT-TGS with power-match operation strategy had the highest Net Profit …

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Optimizing limited solar roof access by exergy analysis of solar thermal, photovoltaic, and hybrid photovoltaic thermal systems

Pathak, M.J.M.; Sanders, P.G.; Pearce, J.M. - In: Applied Energy 120 (2014) C, pp. 115-124

An exergy analysis was performed to compare a conventional (1) two panel photovoltaic solar thermal hybrid (PVT x2 …) system, (2) side by side photovoltaic and thermal (PV+T) system, (3) two module photovoltaic (PV) system and (4) a two panel …

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Photovoltaic optimizer boost converters: Temperature influence and electro-thermal design

Graditi, G.; Adinolfi, G.; Tina, G.M. - In: Applied Energy 115 (2014) C, pp. 140-150

Photovoltaic (PV) systems can operate in presence of not uniform working conditions caused by continuously changing …

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A Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for PV system using Cuckoo Search with partial shading capability

Ahmed, Jubaer; Salam, Zainal - In: Applied Energy 119 (2014) C, pp. 118-130

This work proposes a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) for PV system using Cuckoo Search (CS) method.

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Prediction of photovoltaic and solar water heater diffusion and evaluation of promotion policies on the basis of consumers’ choices

Yamaguchi, Yohei; Akai, Kenju; Shen, Junyi; Fujimura, Naoki - In: Applied Energy 102 (2013) C, pp. 1148-1159

This paper proposes an integrated analytical framework consisting of the following three steps: (1) investigation of consumers’ preferences, (2) prediction of technology diffusion by taking into account consumers’ preferences, and (3) estimation of CO2 emission reduction caused by the...

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