Bi-objective sizing optimization of power converter using genetic algorithms: Application to photovoltaic systems

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 398-422

  Mejbri, Hanen ^a   Ammous, Kaiçar ^a   Abid, Slim ^a   Morel, Hervé ^b   Ammous, Anis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b Univ Claude Bernard Lyon1   (France)

Author keywords

DC DC converters; Design optimization; Electric converters; Genetic algorithms; Multiobjective optimization; Optimization techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COSTS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TOPOLOGY;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION; ELITIST NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84897479276     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/COMPEL-03-2012-0029     Document Type: Article

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