Hardware-in-the-loop testing of PV control systems using RT-Lab simulator

Proceedings of EPE-PEMC 2010 - 14th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Crǎciun, Octavian ^a   Florescu, Adrian ^a   Bacha, Seddik ^a   Munteanu, Iulian ^a   Bratcu, Antoneta Iuliana ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ELECTROTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Converter control; Modeling; Photovoltaic module; Real time simulation; Test bench

Indexed keywords

CONVERTER CONTROLS; MODELING; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; TEST BENCHES;

MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRANSIENTS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 78650352881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPEPEMC.2010.5606595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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