High efficiency transformerless photovoltaic inverter with wide-range power factor capability

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 575-582

  Chen, Baifeng ^a   Sun, Pengwei ^a   Liu, Chuang ^a   Chen, Chien Liang ^a   Lai, Jih Sheng ^a   Yu, Wensong ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

high efficiency; MOSFET inverter; Photovoltaic (PV) inverter; reactive power; transformerless

Indexed keywords

FULL-BRIDGE; GERMANY; GRID-CONNECTED PV; HIGH RELIABILITY; LOW VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; MOS-FET; OUTPUT CURRENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; POWER FACTORS; PV INVERTER; PV SYSTEM; SINGLE-STAGE TOPOLOGIES; SYSTEM REGULATION; TRANSFORMERLESS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXHIBITIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER ELECTRONICS; REACTIVE POWER; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84860210699     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2012.6165877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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