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Medium-Voltage Modular Power Converter for Wave Energy Conversion Systems

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Medium-Voltage Modular Power Converter for Wave Energy Conversion Systems. / Darwish, Ahmed; Ma, Xiandong; Aggidis, George.
The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023: ISOPE 2023. ISOPE, 2023. p. 636-643 ISOPE-I-23-092.

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Darwish, A, Ma, X & Aggidis, G 2023, Medium-Voltage Modular Power Converter for Wave Energy Conversion Systems. in The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023: ISOPE 2023., ISOPE-I-23-092, ISOPE, pp. 636-643. <https://onepetro.org/ISOPEIOPEC/proceedings-abstract/ISOPE23/All-ISOPE23/524512>

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Darwish, A., Ma, X., & Aggidis, G. (2023). Medium-Voltage Modular Power Converter for Wave Energy Conversion Systems. In The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023: ISOPE 2023 (pp. 636-643). Article ISOPE-I-23-092 ISOPE. https://onepetro.org/ISOPEIOPEC/proceedings-abstract/ISOPE23/All-ISOPE23/524512

Vancouver

Darwish A, Ma X, Aggidis G. Medium-Voltage Modular Power Converter for Wave Energy Conversion Systems. In The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023: ISOPE 2023. ISOPE. 2023. p. 636-643. ISOPE-I-23-092

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Darwish, Ahmed ; Ma, Xiandong ; Aggidis, George. / Medium-Voltage Modular Power Converter for Wave Energy Conversion Systems. The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023: ISOPE 2023. ISOPE, 2023. pp. 636-643

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