Multiobjective Optimization and Topology Selection for a Module-Integrated Inverter

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4219-4231

  Mirjafari, Mehran ^a   Harb, Souhib ^b   Balog, Robert S ^c  

^a DELL INC   (United States)

^b Vicor   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC converters; design optimization; photovoltaic energy; photovoltaic inverters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; COST REDUCTION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; POWER CONVERTERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TOPOLOGY;

CANDIDATE TOPOLOGIES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; INTEGRATED INVERTER; MARKET PENETRATION; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84924872945     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2353055     Document Type: Article

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