Research Interests:

Fault analysis, detection and protection in solar photovoltaic systems

Publications

[1] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Challenges to overcurrent protection devices under line-line faults in solar photovoltaic arrays," in Third IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2011.
[2] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Fault analysis in solar PV arrays under low irradiance conditions and reverse connections," in 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, WA, 2011.
[3] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. d. Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Challenges of overcurrent protection devices in photovoltaic arrays brought by maximum power point tracker," in 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference , Seattle, WA, 2011.
[4] Y. Zhao, B. Lehman, J.-F. de Palma, J. Mosesian, and R. Lyons, "Fault evolution in photovoltaic array during night-to-day transition," in Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2010 IEEE 12th Workshop on, 2010, pp. 1-6.

Patents

Awards

"Best Student Presentation Award" at 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) for paper "Fault analysis in solar PV arrays under low irradiance conditions and reverse connections"

Photo of Ye Zhao (left) and the 37th PVSC Conference Chair Dr. David Wilt (right).

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