Photovoltaic (PV) energy has grown at an average annual rate of 60% in the last five years,
surpassing one third of the cumulative wind energy installed capacity, and is quickly …

With the rapid development of modern energy applications such as renewable energy, PV
systems, electric vehicles, and smart grids, DC-DC converters have become the key …

This book discusses relevant microgrid technologies in the context of integrating renewable
energy and also addresses challenging issues. The authors summarize long term academic …

Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, such as expert systems (ESs), fuzzy logic (FL), and
artificial neural networks (ANNs or NNWs) have brought an advancing frontier in power …

One of the most promising power electronics converter topologies is the Z-source inverter
(ZSI). The ZSI is an emerging topology for power electronics dc-ac converters with …

In this paper, a new mode of operation has been introduced for packed U-cell (PUC)
inverter. A sensor-less voltage control based on redundant switching states is designed for …

This work deals with a novel voltage sensorless based model predictive control (VSPC)
scheme for continuous and quick maximum power harvesting (MPH) from a photovoltaic …

Solar systems have become very competitive solutions for residential, commercial, and
industrial applications for both standalone and grid connected operations. This paper …

This paper presents a detection scheme for DC side short-circuit faults of photovoltaic (PV)
arrays that consist of multiple PV panels connected in a series/parallel configuration. Such …

This paper proposes the application of a dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) to enhance the
power quality and improve the low voltage ride through (LVRT) capability of a three-phase …