Control Strategy of Two Capacitor Voltages for Separate MPPTs in Photovoltaic Systems Using Neutral-Point-Clamped Inverters

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3295-3303

  Choi, Ui Min ^a   Blaabjerg, Frede ^a   Lee, Kyo Beum ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

asymmetric capacitor voltage control; central inverter; PV inverter; T type inverter; Thee level inverter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; SEPARATION; TOPOLOGY;

ASYMMETRIC CAPACITORS; CENTRAL INVERTER; PV INVERTER; T-TYPE INVERTER; THEE-LEVEL INVERTER;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84937895243     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2015.2399611     Document Type: Article

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