Simple power electronic controller for photovoltaic fed grid-tied systems using line commutated inverter with fixed firing angle

IET Power Electronics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1424-1434

  Binu Ben Jose, D R ^a   Ammasai Gounden, N ^a   Ravishankar, Jayashri ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MATLAB; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CASCADE BOOST CONVERTERS; ELECTRONIC CONTROLLERS; GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; LINE-COMMUTATED INVERTERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; POWER ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; STEP UP TRANSFORMERS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL;

EID: 84916890932     PISSN: 17554535     EISSN: 17554543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0440     Document Type: Article

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