Smart Photovoltaic Technologies and the Future of Energy

By Fouad Soliman, Wafaa Abd El-Basit, Karima A. Mahmoud

Power optimizers for solar applications can be similar to micro-inverters in that both systems attempt to isolate individual panels in order to improve overall system performance. A smart module is a power optimizer integrated into a solar module. A micro-inverter essentially combines a power optimizer with a small inverter in a single enclosure that is used on every panel, while the power optimizer leaves the inverter in a separate box and uses only one inverter for the entire array. The claimed advantage to this "hybrid" approach is lower overall system costs, avoiding the distribution of electronics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6202512679
• ISBN13: 9786202512671
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"