Real-time selective harmonic minimization for multilevel inverters connected to solar panels using artificial neural network angle generation

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2117-2124

  Filho, Faete ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^a,b   Cao, Yue ^c   Ozpineci, Burak ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; cascade; genetic algorithm; harmonic elimination; multilevel inverter; photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CASCADE INVERTER; DATA SETS; FULL BRIDGE; HARMONIC ELIMINATION; LOW ORDER HARMONICS; MULTILEVEL INVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REAL TIME; SELECTIVE HARMONIC ELIMINATION; SOLAR PANELS; SWITCHING ANGLES; TIME WINDOWS;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 80053189982     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2161533     Document Type: Article

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