Reliability evaluation of grid-connected photovoltaic power systems

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-389

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Xiao, Weidong ^b   Li, Wenyuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c BC HYDRO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inverter; photovoltaic (PV) system; reliability; sensitivity; state enumeration

Indexed keywords

GRID CONNECTED PV SYSTEM; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC; INVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY EVALUATION; RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY; STATE ENUMERATION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84883221230     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2012.2186644     Document Type: Article

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