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dc.contributor.advisorKhan, Mohammed Tariq Ekeramodienen_US
dc.contributor.authorRaji, Atanda Kamoruen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-10T09:47:08Z-
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-18T05:54:13Z-
dc.date.available2013-06-10T09:47:08Z-
dc.date.available2016-02-18T05:54:13Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1198-
dc.descriptionThesis (DTech (Electrical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThe confluence of the limited resources of fossil fuels (e.g. coal, oil and natural gas), environmental degradations leading to climate change, security of supplies and fossil fuels high costs have demanded a tremendous efforts on humanity to seek for a sustainable and unlimited natural energy sources. Amongst these renewable energy sources stands out solar energy because of its ubiquitousness. Solar energy is converted to DC electricity by the photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic (PV) power systems installed in commercial and industrial buildings are a good example of distributed power generation. Here the energy consumption and production match and thus electricity taken from the grid during daytime peak hours can be reduced. This is beneficial as the transmission losses in the grid are avoided and also transmission need is reduced. The cost effectiveness of a solar energy system has hindered its wide adoption and deployment in terms of the initial capital cost even though it has a zero energy cost and very minimal operating and maintenance costs. Different governments have instituted many financial incentives for fast adoption of PV systems for both residential and commercial applications. However, all these incentives are not sustainable in the longer term forecast. For PV system to attain grid parity requires more than unsustainable approach of many governments providing time limited subsidies. The technical solution to the problem is to reduce the overall system cost through technical innovations. One such method is the adoption of transformerless inverter technology as the grid interface system. Transformerless inverter topology provides galvanic isolation through innovative inverter topology and switching strategies that eliminates problems created by not employing the service of transformer.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCape Peninsula University of Technologyen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/-
dc.subjectDirect energy conversionen_US
dc.subjectElectric current convertersen_US
dc.subjectElectric power generationen_US
dc.subjectFossel fuels -- Electric generationen_US
dc.subjectElectric power systemsen_US
dc.subjectPhotovoltaic power systemsen_US
dc.subjectGrid interface systemen_US
dc.subjectTransformerless PV inverter topologyen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.subjectDTechen_US
dc.subjectTheses, dissertations, etc.en_US
dc.titlePerformance evaluation and improvement of grid-connected technologyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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