Unipolar PWM strategy for transformerless PV grid-connected converters

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 835-843

  Barater, Davide ^a   Buticchi, Giampaolo ^a   Crinto, Andrea Stefano ^a   Franceschini, Giovanni ^a   Lorenzani, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic (PV) systems; power generation; power quality; pulsewidth modulation (PWM) converters

Indexed keywords

COMMON-MODE FILTERS; CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES; ELECTRIC SAFETY; GALVANIC CONNECTION; GALVANIC ISOLATION; GRID-CONNECTED PV; LOW POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER-LOSSES; PULSEWIDTH MODULATION CONVERTERS; PV GRID-CONNECTED; PV PANEL; PWM STRATEGY; TRANSFORMERLESS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MODULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; POWER QUALITY; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; TOPOLOGY;

LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

EID: 84870295366     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2012.2212197     Document Type: Article

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