Efficiency and reliability comparison of DC-DC converters for single phase grid connected photovoltaic inverters

SPEEDAM 2010 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 140-147

  Graditi, Giorgio ^a   Colonnese, Diego ^b   Femia, Nicola ^b  

^a ENEA CR Portici   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; MPPT; Photovoltaic inverter; Reliability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCEDURE; EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY; FIGURE OF MERIT; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; MPPT; NONISOLATED; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; SINGLE PHASE;

HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; POWER ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY; TOPOLOGY;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 77956590717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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