@inproceedings{2438f9f292b545838b5e92047cc4ab17,
title = "Near-optimal, dynamic module reconfiguration in a photovoltaic system to combat partial shading effects",
abstract = "Partial shading is a serious obstacle to effective utilization of photovoltaic (PV) systems since it can result in significant output power degradation for the system. A PV system is organized as a series connection of PV modules, each module comprising of a number of series-parallel connected cells. This paper presents modified PV cell structures with integrated switches, imbalanced cell connection topologies for PV modules, and a dynamic programming algorithm to produce near-optimal reconfigurations of each PV module with the goal of maximizing the system output power level under any partial shading patterns. Through simulations, we have demonstrated up to a factor of 2.3X improvement in the output power level of a PV system comprised of 3 PV modules with 60 PV cells per module.",
keywords = "dynamic programming, partial shading, photovoltaic module reconfiguration, photovoltaic system",
author = "Xue Lin and Yanzhi Wang and Siyu Yue and Donghwa Shin and Naehyuck Chang and Massoud Pedram",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1145/2228360.2228452",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781450311991",
series = "Proceedings - Design Automation Conference",
pages = "516--521",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 49th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC '12",
note = "49th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC '12 ; Conference date: 03-06-2012 Through 07-06-2012",
}