A weighted-efficiency-oriented design methodology of flyback inverter for AC photovoltaic modules

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3221-3233

  Nanakos, Anastasios C ^a   Tatakis, Emmanuel C ^a   Papanikolaou, Nick P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

AC photovoltaic (PV) module; dc ac power conversion; design methodology; energy efficiency; losses; magnetic losses; MIC; microinverter; photovoltaic (PV) power systems

Indexed keywords

AC-PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) MODULE; DC-AC POWER CONVERSION; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; MIC; MICROINVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS;

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LOSSES; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; TOPOLOGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84859743146     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2182211     Document Type: Article

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