Photovoltaic DC-building-module-based BIPV system-concept and design considerations

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1418-1429

  Liu, Bangyin ^a   Duan, Shanxu ^a   Cai, Tao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV); centralized inverter; module integrated converter; PVdc buildingmodule

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC; CENTRALIZED INVERTER; COMMON DC BUS; CONTROL POINT; CONVENTIONAL POWER; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN CRITERION; DESIGN PROCEDURE; EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; MODULE-INTEGRATED CONVERTER; NOVEL CONCEPT; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PARALLEL-CONNECTED; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POWER CONFIGURATION; PV MODULES; PVDC-BUILDINGMODULE;

DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79959507056     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2085087     Document Type: Article

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