Utility-connected power converter for maximizing power transfer from a photovoltaic source while drawing ripple-free current

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1518-1522

  Brekken, Ted ^a   Bhiwapurkar, Nitin ^a   Rathi, Manoj ^a   Mohan, Ned ^a   Henze, Chris ^b   Moumneh, Lana R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Analog Power Design Inc   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONTROL;

PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; POWER POINT TRACKING TECHNOLOGY; POWER TRANSFER; RIPPLE VOLTAGE; UTILITY CONNECTED POWER CONVERTER;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 0036445088     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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