A simulation analysis of photovoltaic AC Module Integrated Converters in parallel, under controlled edge shading conditions

2012 11th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, EEEIC 2012 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 699-705

  O'Callaghan, Lynette ^a   McKeever, Michael ^a   Norton, Brian ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AC; AC MIC; BIPV; configuration; Converter; gains; Inverter; losses; MIC; microinverter; model; Photovoltaic; simulation

Indexed keywords

BIPV; CONFIGURATION; CONVERTER; GAINS; INVERTER; MIC; MICROINVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SIMULATION;

ACTINIUM; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; LOSSES; MODELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84864197266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC.2012.6221467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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