Reconfigurable control scheme for a PV microinverter working in both grid-connected and Island modes

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1582-1595

  Trujillo Rodriguez, César ^a   Velasco De La Fuente, David ^b   Garcera, Gabriel ^b   Figueres, Emilio ^b   Guacaneme Moreno, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Grid connected mode; island mode; microinverter; reconfigurable control scheme

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS;

CONTROL RECONFIGURATION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CURRENT SOURCES; GRID VOLTAGE; GRID-CONNECTED; GRID-CONNECTED MODES; GRID-CONNECTED PV; IN-PHASE; ISLAND MODE; MICROINVERTER; OPERATION MODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RECONFIGURABLE CONTROL; VOLTAGE SOURCE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84870441743     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2177615     Document Type: Article

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