chapter 8

Photovoltaic System Components I

ALTHOUGH THERE IS CERTAINLY a lot to know about each photovoltaic (PV) component, understanding how components all come together to create the system is the basis of understanding PV design. Though you have to select each component on its merits, you can choose any single PV component without considering the components that it must work with.

This is important because the next step is to choose the components that will work together as a complete system and not just a bunch of parts. When you take the time to design a system considering all of the system characteristics, the process is called practicing system design theory. This is the process that goes into designing high-performance PV systems that ...

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