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Cover -- Half Title -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Renewable Energy -- 1.1: Renewable Energy -- 1.2: Non-Conventional Power Plants -- Chapter 2: Photovoltaic Systems -- 2.1: Photovoltaic System -- 2.2: Photovoltaic Power Generation -- 2.3: Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cell -- 2.4: Polycrystalline Silicon -- 2.5: Solar Cells Made of a Thin Film (TFSC) -- 2.6: Solar Cells Made out of Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) -- 2.7: Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIS/CIGS) -- Chapter 3: Types of Solar Photovoltaic Systems

3.1: Types of Solar Photovoltaic Systems -- Chapter 4: Solar Charge Controller -- 4.1: Solar Charge Controller -- 4.2: Working Principle of a Charge Controller -- 4.3: Benefits of a PWM Charge Controller -- 4.4: MPPT Charge Controller -- 4.5: Development of MPPTs -- 4.6: Limitation of Traditional MPPT -- 4.7: Merits of Conventional MPPT -- 4.8: Bi-inspired MPPT -- 4.9: Characteristics of an MPPT Solar Charge Controller -- 4.10: MPPT with a PWM Charge Controller -- 4.11: Design of a Series Controller -- 4.12: Design of the Shunt Controller -- Chapter 5: Necessity of Boost converters

5.1: Necessity of Boost converters -- 5.2: Components Used in a Boost Converter -- 5.3: Necessity of a Buck converter -- 5.4: Necessity of a Buck Boost Converter -- 5.5: Effect of Duty Cycle -- 5.6: Circuit Configuration of a Boost Converter -- 5.7: Result and Analysis -- 5.8: Modified Boost Converter -- Chapter 6: Necessity of a Hybrid Power Plant -- 6.1: Necessity of a Hybrid Power Plant -- 6.2: Grid Connected Solar PV system -- Chapter 7: Domestic Application -- 7.1: Domestic Application -- 7.2: Load Estimation -- 7.3: Measurements of the Converter -- 7.4: Dimensions of the Battery

7.5: Solar Photovoltaic Size -- References -- Index

This book outlines the global opportunity to increase solar photovoltaic (PV) plant energy yields through modelling and analysis.

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