A safety enhanced, high step-up DC-DC converter for AC photovoltaic module application

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1809-1817

  Chen, Shih Ming ^a   Liang, Tsorng Juu ^a   Yang, Lung Sheng ^b   Chen, Jiann Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AC module; coupled inductor; high step up voltage gain; single switch

Indexed keywords

AC MODULE; ACTIVE SWITCHES; BOUNDARY CONDUCTION MODE; COUPLED INDUCTOR; DC-AC INVERTERS; DUTY RATIOS; ELECTRICAL HAZARDS; FULL-LOAD EFFICIENCY; GRID CONNECTIONS; HIGH STEP-UP VOLTAGE GAIN; HIGH VOLTAGE GAIN; INDUCTOR ENERGY; INPUT VOLTAGES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PROTOTYPE CIRCUITS; PV MODULES; PV PANEL; SINGLE SWITCH; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; HIGH STEP-UP VOLTAGE GAINS; HIGH VOLTAGE GAIN CONVERTERS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC ACCIDENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 84863164136     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2170097     Document Type: Article

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