Identifying techniques, topologies and features for maximizing the efficiency of a distribution grid with solid state power devices

North American Power Symposium 2010, NAPS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stefanski, Karl ^a   Qin, Hengsi ^a   Chowdhury, Badrul H ^a   Kimball, Jonathan W ^a   Bhattacharya, Subhashish ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

FREEDM; Microgrid; Renewable energy; Solid state fault interruption device; Solid state transformer

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION GRID; DISTRIBUTION LINES; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER; FREEDM; LOADING LEVEL; MICROGRID; OPERATING LOSS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POWER-LOSSES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLID-STATE POWER DEVICES; STATE-TRANSFORMERS; SWITCHING DEVICES; SWITCHING TECHNIQUES;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TOPOLOGY;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 78650040405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NAPS.2010.5618966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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