Optimal design of modern transformerless PV inverter topologiesd

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 394-404

  Saridakis, Stefanos ^a   Koutroulis, Eftichios ^a   Blaabjerg, Frede ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DC AC inverter; optimization; photovoltaic (PV) system; reliability; transformerless

Indexed keywords

DC/AC INVERTERS; MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES; NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED; OPERATIONAL LIFETIME; OPTIMIZATION PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; TRANSFORMERLESS;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84877922807     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2013.2252013     Document Type: Article

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