Comparative evaluation of three-phase current source inverters for grid interfacing of distributed and renewable energy systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2304-2318

  Sahan, Benjamin ^a   Araújo, Samuel V ^a   Nöding, Christian ^a   Zacharias, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current source inverter (CSI); pulse width modulated (PWM) inverters; renewable energy systems; voltage source inverter (VSI)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GRID INTEGRATION; GRID INTERFACES; HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCHES; POWER DENSITIES; PULSE WIDTH-MODULATED (PWM) INVERTERS; RAPID GROWTH; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SWITCHING LOSS; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; THREE-PHASE CURRENTS; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER; VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER (VSI);

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 80051683121     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2096827     Document Type: Article

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