Analytical calculation of the electrical energy losses on fixed-mounted PV plants

IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1080-1089

  Malamaki, Kyriaki Nefeli D ^a   Demoulias, Charis S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cable energy losses; fixed mounted PV systems; photovoltaic (PV) plants; solar inverters; transformer class of losses; transformer energy losses

Indexed keywords

CABLES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CURRENT PRACTICES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV SYSTEM; SOLAR INVERTER; STEP UP TRANSFORMERS;

DC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 85027938751     PISSN: 19493029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2014.2323694     Document Type: Article

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