A multicarrier modular photovoltaic grid-connected inverter with a new phase-shift rule

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 754-760

  Wang, Xuanyuan ^a   Kazerani, Mehrdad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grid connected inverter; Modular; Multicarrier; Photovoltaic; Power quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER QUALITY; TOPOLOGY;

GRID CONNECTED INVERTERS; MULTICARRIER MODULARS; PHASE SHIFTED CARRIER TECHNIQUE; PHOTOVOLTAIC GRID CONNECTED INVERTERS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 33947143416     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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