An optimal control method for photovoltaic grid-tied-interleaved flyback microinverters to achieve high efficiency in wide load range

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5074-5087

  Zhang, Zhiliang ^a   He, Xiao Fei ^a   Liu, Yan Fei ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AC module; grid connected; interleaved flyback; microinverter; photovoltaic (PV)

Indexed keywords

AC MODULE; FLYBACK; GRID-CONNECTED; MICRO INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

EFFICIENCY;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 84877747907     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2245919     Document Type: Article

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