Novel transformerless grid-connected power converter with negative grounding for photovoltaic generation system

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1818-1829

  Shen, Jia Min ^a   Jou, Hurng Liahng ^a   Wu, Jinn Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Leakage currents; solar power generation; thin films

Indexed keywords

DC-AC INVERTERS; DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; GRID-CONNECTED; PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATION SYSTEM; POWER ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; SALIENT FEATURES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSFORMERLESS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; HIGH SWITCHING FREQUENCIES;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84863175307     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2170435     Document Type: Article

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