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Power Electronics and Controls in Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Power Electronics and Controls in Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Radian Belu
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 57
ISBN13: 9781466674561|ISBN10: 1466674563|EISBN13: 9781466674578
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7456-1.ch087
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Belu, Radian. "Power Electronics and Controls in Solar Photovoltaic Systems." Research Methods: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 2016-2072. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7456-1.ch087

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Belu, R. (2015). Power Electronics and Controls in Solar Photovoltaic Systems. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Methods: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2016-2072). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7456-1.ch087

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Belu, Radian. "Power Electronics and Controls in Solar Photovoltaic Systems." In Research Methods: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 2016-2072. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7456-1.ch087

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Abstract

The use of renewable energy sources is increasingly being pursued as a supplemental and an alternative to traditional energy generation. Several distributed energy systems are expected to a have a significant impact on the energy industry in the near future. As such, the renewable energy systems are presently undergoing a rapid change in technology and use. Such a feature is enabled clearly by power electronics. Both the solar-thermal and photovoltaic (PV) technologies have an almost exponential growth in installed capacity and applications. Both of them contribute to the overall grid control and power electronics research and advancement. Among the renewable energy systems, photovoltaic (PV) systems are the ones that make use of an extended scale of the advanced power electronics technologies. The specification of a power electronics interface is subject to the requirements related not only to the renewable energy source itself but also to its effects on the operations of the systems on which it is connected, especially the ones where these intermittent energy sources constitute a significant part of the total system capacity. Power electronics can also play a significant role in enhancing the performance and efficiency of PV systems. Furthermore, the use of appropriate power electronics enables solar generated electricity to be integrated into power grid. Aside from improving the quality of solar panels themselves, power electronics can provide another means of improving energy efficiency in PV and solar-thermal energy systems.

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