Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: The effect of parameter losses on the power inverter efficiency

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: A single phase PV system (30 PV modules BP 585 connected series and 2.5kW Sunny Boy Inverter)

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: Models and measurement efficiencies as a function of time during one day

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: A comparison between mean efficiency (one day) for different models of Sunny Boy inverter

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: Energy distribution of solar radiation power in different locations

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: The relative time distribution of solar radiation power in different locations

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: Yf∕Ya versus the ratio Prated,PCU∕PPV,out for a Sunny Boy inverter at Cairo and Kessel

Date of download: 10/16/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Modeling and Optimizing the Size of the Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Systems J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2005;128(1):40-44. doi:10.1115/1.2148978 Figure Legend: Annual efficiencies and losses with different parameters and sites for quadratic (Q1) inverter model