VOLTAGE CONVERTER SOURCE Name of Student Institution Affiliation A voltage converter is an electronic device which is employed to convert high voltage (Alternating current) AC power to also a high voltage power but in a DC (Direct current). And it can work the other way round (vice versa) (Amirnaser Yazdani, 2010). This converter will have at least one converter which actually will function as a rectifier when the device is converting the AC to DC and at least one inverter when the device is operating to convert DC to AC. This converter will be treated as the source of the inversion and the rectification of the electrical power depending on what is put in the input (Grain Adam, 2013). In solar panels which are used either domestically or in small scales production of electricity may use this voltage converter since the voltage which is produced from the panels are in DC form they need to be converted into AC ( by the help of inverters) if there is a need. This can be done when the power needed will be used to power AC electric appliances (Vijay Vittal, 2012). Even though solar panels give a DC voltages, there are some solar panels which are having in-built converters in them so that their overall output power will be AC. For such a panel there may be a need to rectify the current to DC if the electric appliances being powered will need a DC power. Several small-scale solar panels used to generate electricity can be connected to one central point which is referred to as microgrid. Even though such microgrid can be connected to the national grid but still they can operate independently (Lian, 2012). References Amirnaser Yazdani, R. I. (2010). Voltage-Sourced Converters in Power Systems: Modeling, Control, and Applications. London: John Wiley & Sons. Grain Adam, G. P. (2013). Voltage Source Converter: Modulation, Control and Applications in Power Systems. Washington DC: Createspace Independent Pub. Lian, K. L. (2012). Harmonic Modeling of Voltage Source Converters Using Time Domain Methods. Toronto: University of Toronto. Vijay Vittal, R. A. (2012). Grid Integration and Dynamic Impact of Wind Energy. Hull: Springer Science & Business Media.