Improvement of large scale solar installation model for ground current analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3467-3474

  Garcia Gracia M ^a   El Halabi, N ^a   Khodr, H M ^b   Sanz, Jose Fco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Current distortion; Ground currents; Grounding couplings; Large scale solar installation; Leakage impedance; PV installation modeling

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CURRENT DISTORTION; GROUND CURRENTS; LEAKAGE IMPEDANCES; PV INSTALLATION MODELING; SOLAR INSTALLATION;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; INSTALLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 77955176366     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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