Challenges to overcurrent protection devices under line-line faults in solar photovoltaic arrays

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 20-27

  Zhao, Ye ^a   Lehman, Brad ^a   De Palma, Jean François ^b   Mosesian, Jerry ^b   Lyons, Robert ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MERSEN USA Newburyport MA LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING DIODES; CONVENTIONAL POWER; FAULT ANALYSIS; FAULT SCENARIOS; OVER CURRENT; OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICES; PV ARRAYS; REDUCED SYSTEMS; REVERSE CURRENTS; SAFETY HAZARDS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

OVERCURRENT PROTECTION;

EID: 81855183823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6063744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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