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Vivek Agarwal
Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Publications - 533
Citations - 12628
Vivek Agarwal is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The author has contributed to research in topics: Photovoltaic system & Maximum power point tracking. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 460 publications receiving 10462 citations. Previous affiliations of Vivek Agarwal include Arizona State University & Purdue University.
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MATLAB-Based Modeling to Study the Effects of Partial Shading on PV Array Characteristics
Hiren H. Patel,Vivek Agarwal +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a MATLAB-based modeling and simulation scheme is presented for studying the I-V and P-V characteristics of a PV array under a nonuniform insolation due to partial shading.
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Maximum Power Point Tracking Scheme for PV Systems Operating Under Partially Shaded Conditions
Hiren H. Patel,Vivek Agarwal +1 more
TL;DR: A novel algorithm to track the global power peak under partially shaded conditions and a feedforward control scheme for operating the DC-DC converter is proposed, which uses the reference voltage information from the tracking algorithm to shift the operation toward the MPP.
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A Single-Stage Grid Connected Inverter Topology for Solar PV Systems With Maximum Power Point Tracking
Sachin Jain,Vivek Agarwal +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a high performance single-stage inverter topology for grid connected PV systems, which can not only boost the usually low photovoltaic (PV) array voltage, but can also convert the solar dc power into high quality ac power for feeding into the grid, while tracking the maximum power from the PV array.
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Comparison of the performance of maximum power point tracking schemes applied to single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic systems
Sachin Jain,Vivek Agarwal +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of various maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques applied to 1-Phi, single-stage, grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems is considered.
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A new algorithm for rapid tracking of approximate maximum power point in photovoltaic systems
Sachin Jain,Vivek Agarwal +1 more
TL;DR: A fast tracking algorithm, where an initial approximation of maximum power point is (MPP) quickly achieved using a variable step-size, which significantly improves the efficiency during the tracking phase as compared to a conventional algorithm.