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Grid-Tied Neutral Point Clamped based Centralised Photovoltaic Inverter with Improved DC Link Voltage Balancing and Harmonic Minimisation Control Cover

Grid-Tied Neutral Point Clamped based Centralised Photovoltaic Inverter with Improved DC Link Voltage Balancing and Harmonic Minimisation Control

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|Nov 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2021-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2543-4292 | Journal ISSN: 2451-0262
Language: English
Page range: 185 - 203
Submitted on: Jul 29, 2021
Accepted on: Sep 14, 2021
Published on: Nov 15, 2021
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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