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Near-Static Shading Exploration for Smart Photovoltaic Module Topologies Based on Snake-like Configurations

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Maria-Iro Baka,

Francky Catthoor,

Dimitrios SoudrisAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), Volume 15, Issue 2

Article No.: 27, Pages 1 - 21

https://doi.org/10.1145/2837026

Published: 11 March 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Variable shading due to clouds and nearby objects has a severe impact on the energy yield of photovoltaic installations. Due to the industry's standard of permanently series-connected cells in a photovoltaic (PV) module, partial shading creates mismatches between the Current-Voltage (I-V) characteristics of cells. This article proposes an alternative configurable intramodule cell interconnection topology whereby cell connections can be adapted during operation to allow an optimized power production. The proposed configurable topology outperforms significantly a conventional 10 × 6 module under heavy shade. Moreover, this is achieved in a quite flexible way and with negligible overhead under uniform irradiation conditions.

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Near-Static Shading Exploration for Smart Photovoltaic Module Topologies Based on Snake-like Configurations
1. Hardware
  1. Power and energy
    1. Energy generation and storage
      1. Renewable energy
    2. Power estimation and optimization

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ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems Volume 15, Issue 2

Special Issue on Innovative Design, Special Issue on MEMOCODE 2014 and Special Issue on M2M/IOT

May 2016

421 pages

ISSN:1539-9087

EISSN:1558-3465

DOI:10.1145/2888407

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Published: 11 March 2016

Accepted: 01 October 2015

Revised: 01 August 2015

Received: 01 December 2014

Published in TECS Volume 15, Issue 2

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