Overview of anti-islanding US patents for grid-connected inverters

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-317

  Guo, Xiaoqiang ^a,b   Xu, David ^b   Wu, Bin ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Grid connected inverter; Islanding

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ANTI-ISLANDING DETECTIONS; ANTI-ISLANDING PROTECTION; GRID CONNECTED INVERTERS; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL PATENTS; ISLANDING; ISLANDING DETECTION METHODS; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; ANTI-ISLANDING; US PATENTS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84906267402     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.190     Document Type: Review

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