DC collector grid configurations for large photovoltaic parks

2013 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Siddique, Hafiz Abu Bakar ^a   Ali, Syed Mansoor ^a   De Doncker, Rik W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC cable; DC grid; Efficiency; Photovoltaic (PV)

Indexed keywords

DC CABLES; DC GRID; EFFICIENCY COMPARISONS; GRID CONFIGURATIONS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; PHOTOVOLTAIC; TOTAL EFFICIENCY;

CABLES; DC-DC CONVERTERS; EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84890221503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EPE.2013.6631799     Document Type: Conference Paper

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