Distributed DC-UPS for energy smart buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-100

  Moreno Munoz, A ^a   De La Rosa, Juan José González ^b   Pallares Lopez V ^a   Real Calvo, R J ^a   Gil De Castro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

DC power supply; High performance facilities; High tech building; Power quality; Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

Indexed keywords

DC MODE; DC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY USE; HEALTHY BUILDINGS; HIGH PERFORMANCE FACILITIES; HIGH TECH; IN-BUILDINGS; MODERN BUILDINGS; POWER DISTURBANCES; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROOT CAUSE; SMART TECHNOLOGY; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES; VOLTAGE SAGS;

BUILDINGS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS;

UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78049461922     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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