Low-voltage ride-through concept in flyback inverterbased alternating current-photovoltaic modules

IET Power Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1436-1448

  Papanikolaou, Nick P ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAMIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE; DISTRIBUTED GENERATORS; HIGH-POWER INVERTERS; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE CURRENT;

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EID: 84881490627     PISSN: 17554535     EISSN: 17554543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2012.0726     Document Type: Article

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