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BIPVS Basics for Design, Sizing, Monitoring, and Power Quality Measurement and Assessment

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This chapter describes basic aspects of the design and sizing of interconnected photovoltaic systems (hereinafter referred to as BIPVS) and further details of the development of a high technology system implemented using the concept of virtual instrumentation to monitor and assess the technical performance and the power quality generated by BIPVS to the local power grid.

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    Andrés Julián Aristizábal Cardona, Carlos Arturo Páez Chica & Daniel Hernán Ospina Barragán

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Aristizábal Cardona, A.J., Páez Chica, C.A., Ospina Barragán, D.H. (2018). BIPVS Basics for Design, Sizing, Monitoring, and Power Quality Measurement and Assessment. In: Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems (BIPVS). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71931-3_3

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