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Technical and economical evaluation on the use of reconfiguration systems in some EU countries for PV plants

Rosario MiceliGiuseppe SchettinoCiro SpataroPietro RomanoFabio Viola

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EngineeringPartial shading (PS)020209 energy02 engineering and technologySettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMaximum power point trackingGate arrayIncentives policie0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringProduction (economics)media_common.cataloged_instancePV system topologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEuropean unionPhotovoltaic (PV) power systemmedia_commonMismatch lossebusiness.industryMismatch conditionPhotovoltaic systemControl reconfigurationControl engineeringInvestment (macroeconomics)Reliability engineeringSettore ING-IND/31 - ElettrotecnicaIncentiveControl and Systems EngineeringReconstructionbusinessSettore ING-INF/07 - Misure Elettriche E Elettroniche

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This paper shows the technical and economical evaluation of the application of a reconfiguration system for photovoltaic (PV) plants, considering the incentives system in some European Union countries. The reconfiguration system is an alternative to the distributed maximum power point tracking technique which used to increase the power production in the PV plants under the mismatch phenomenon. The reconfiguration techniques employ a microprocessor-based or field-programmable gate array-based system that modifies the layout of the PV plant through the change of the connections among modules. After having presented the main features working of the PV reconfiguration system allowing the improvement of the efficiency of the same plant and the relevant installation, the main strength and weakness points of the investment are evidenced in relation to different incentives policies in some country of UE.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-03-01
10.1109/tia.2016.2625771http://hdl.handle.net/10447/225001