A hybrid power control concept for PV inverters with reduced thermal loading

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6271-6275

  Yang, Yongheng ^a   Wang, Huai ^a   Blaabjerg, Frede ^a   Kerekes, Tamas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Constant power generation (CPG); efficiency; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); photovoltaic (PV) inverters; reliability; thermal loading

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

CONSTANT POWER; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING CONTROLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; THERMAL LOADINGS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; UTILIZATION FACTOR;

THERMAL LOAD;

EID: 84906218369     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2332754     Document Type: Article

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