A comprehensive review of photovoltaic systems

R. Rajesh and M. Carolin Mabel

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 51, issue C, 231-248

Abstract: Renewable energy sources are considered as the alternative energy sources because of rising environmental concerns and depleting conventional energy resources. Solar energy has a significant role for meeting the increased requirement of electricity with the reduced environmental impact. The power generation from a Photovoltaic (PV) system gets affected as the optimum operating point changes due to the variation in the environmental factors such as temperature, solar insolation, etc. In spite of the fluctuations, to achieve maximum power from solar energy system, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is essential. In this paper, a comprehensive review of PV system is presented consisting of modelling of PV cell, DC–DC converter topology and maximum power point tracking methods.

Keywords: PV system; Model of cell; DC–DC converters; Tracking methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.006

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