Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6935541 | Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks | 2016 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
As more utility scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants are installed, there is a need to improve monitoring and management of PV arrays. A procedure is presented here for optimizing the electrical configuration of a PV array under a variety of operating conditions. Computer simulations and analysis with synthetic and real data are presented in this paper. The performance of the optimization system is evaluated for a variety of partial shading conditions using a SPICE circuit simulator. In general, a 4%-5% gain in power output is achievable by employing active switching in order to reconfigure the array's electrical configuration.
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Authors
H. Braun, S.T. Buddha, V. Krishnan, C. Tepedelenlioglu, A. Spanias, M. Banavar, D. Srinivasan,