A retrofit circuit to increase output power of PV system during partial shading condition

• Main Authors: Salam, Zainal, Ramli, M. Z.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45508/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-MidEast.2011.6220795

In a typical photovoltaic (PV) distributed generation system, when part of the PV module is shaded, the bypass diode (that is connected in parallel to it) is used to protect the module from hot-spot damages. However, by employing this diode, the output power is reduced significantly because the powe...