Design of a robust and efficient power electronic interface for the grid integration of solar photovoltaic generation systems

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10076-10082

  Pacas, J M ^a   Molina, M G ^b   Dos Santos, E C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Control techniques; Detailed modeling; Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); Photovoltaic (PV) generation; Power conditioning system (PCS); Three level cascaded Z source inverter

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DETAILED MODELING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION; POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; Z-SOURCE INVERTER;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 84862199657     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.078     Document Type: Article

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