Maximum power point tracking for solar panels

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dc.contributor.assigneeVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.contributor.departmentCenter for Power Electronics Systemsen
dc.contributor.departmentMaterials Science and Engineeringen
dc.contributor.inventorLee, Fred C.en
dc.contributor.inventorWang, Fengen
dc.contributor.inventorWu, Xinkeen
dc.contributor.inventorWang, Zijianen
dc.date.accessed2019-02-15en
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T22:23:56Zen
dc.date.available2019-02-26T22:23:56Zen
dc.date.filed2013-10-29en
dc.date.issued2017-06-20en
dc.description.abstractApproximately one-half of the loss of delivered power from a solar panel having photovoltaic (PV) cells connected in series to form sub-panels due to shading is recovered at low hardware cost by connecting sub-panels in series and providing maximum power point tracking control in common for the series connected sub-panels such that the respective sub-panels produce equal voltages even in the presence of shading of a portion of one or more sub-panels. By doing so, the input voltage of respective power converters which control the voltage at which each sub-panel is operated can be placed close to the maximum power point of each sub-panel regardless of shading and maximum total power harvested even though the respective sub-panels are not operated at optimum voltages.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.applicationnumber14065986en
dc.identifier.patentnumber9685790en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/87812en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/90/857/096/0.pdfen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen
dc.subject.cpcH02J3/385en
dc.subject.cpcY02E10/58en
dc.subject.cpcY10T307/685en
dc.titleMaximum power point tracking for solar panelsen
dc.typePatenten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.patenttypeutilityen
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