Thermal analysis of critical components in photovoltaic inverter

2012 IEEE I2MTC - International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1891-1895

  Catelani, Marcantonio ^a   Ciani, Lorenzo ^a   Simoni, Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BORRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic inverter; power electronics; reliability; thermal tests

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL COMPONENT; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; EFFICIENCY LEVELS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; PV INVERTER; PV PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; THERMAL TESTS; WHOLE PLANTS;

POWER ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84864251290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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