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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Arshad Mansoor, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Satish Rajagopalan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jih-sheng Lai, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Faisal Habib Khan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Arshad Mansoor, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Satish Rajagopalan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jih-Sheng Lai, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Faisal Habib Khan, Knoxville, TN (US);
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) integrated variable frequency drive system having a variable frequency drive and an energy source. The variable frequency drive having a back end inverter, a DC bus electrically connected to the back end inverter, and an active front end electrically connected to the DC bus to facilitate bi-directional power flow to and from a power grid. The energy source being electrically connected to the DC bus.