Characterisation and assessment of the harmonic emission of grid-connected photovoltaic systems

2005 IEEE Russia Power Tech, PowerTech

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Chicco, Gianfranco ^a,b   Schlabbach, Jürgen ^a,c   Spertino, Filippo ^b  

^a IEEE

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grid connection; Harmonic emission; Photovoltaic systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS; MODULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SUN;

GRID CONNECTION; HARMONIC EMISSION; HARMONIC EMISSIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 51549106102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2005.4524744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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