A novel PV-modular multilevel converter for building integrated photovoltaics

2013 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, EVER 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Iannuzzi, D ^a   Piegari, L ^b   Tricoli, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

grid interface converters; Modular Multilevel Converters; photovoltaic integration

Indexed keywords

BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; NOVEL ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RATED VOLTAGES; UNITY POWER FACTOR;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84879901911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EVER.2013.6521620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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