Edison revisited: Impact of DC distribution on the cost of LED lighting and distributed generation

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 588-593

  Thomas, Brinda A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC CIRCUITS; DC DISTRIBUTION; DC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DC-BUS VOLTAGES; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; LED DRIVERS; LED LIGHTING; LIGHTING CIRCUITS; LIGHTING OPTIONS; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; NEW CONSTRUCTION; PAPER MODELS; SOLAR PVS;

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; POWER ELECTRONICS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 77952230384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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