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Tools for Aiding the Design of Photovoltaic Systems

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This paper presents a collection of tools for aiding the design and system simulations of fixed and mobile photovoltaic energy harvesting systems. The presented tools help to estimate the available power, and to study the requirements of the maximum power point tracking. The effects caused by panel self-heating and active bypassing in series connected panel systems are studied.

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Financial support of Infotech-DP doctoral programme is acknowledged.

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  1. University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Timo Rahkonen & Christian Schuss

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Correspondence to Timo Rahkonen .

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  1. Applied Math. & Numerical Analysis, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Andreas Bartel

  2. Chair of Electromagnetic Theory, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Markus Clemens

  3. Applied Math. & Numerical Analysis, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Michael Günther

  4. Applied Math. & Numerical Analysis, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

    E. Jan W. ter Maten

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Rahkonen, T., Schuss, C. (2016). Tools for Aiding the Design of Photovoltaic Systems. In: Bartel, A., Clemens, M., Günther, M., ter Maten, E. (eds) Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering. Mathematics in Industry(), vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30399-4_15

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