Design optimization of grid-connected PV inverters

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 691-698

  Koutroulis, Eftichios ^a   Blaabjerg, Frede ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC/AC INVERTERS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRIC GRIDS; GRID-CONNECTED PV; HIGH EFFICIENCY; KEY ELEMENTS; NEW DESIGN; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PV ARRAYS; PV ENERGY; PV INSTALLATIONS; PV INVERTER; SIMULATION RESULT; TRANSFORMERLESS;

DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79955780265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2011.5744671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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