Innovative PV micro-inverter topology eliminates electrolytic capacitors for longer lifetime

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 2038-2041

  Bower, Ward ^a   West, Rick ^b   Dickerson, Art ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Distributed Power   (United States)

^c Bluepoint Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; ROBUST CONTROL;

MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE (MTBF); MICROINVERTERS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 41749095858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279902     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. Kern, G., "SunSine™300: Manufacture of an AC Photovoltaic Module," A PVMaT Contractors Final Report by Ascension Technology, Phases I & II, NRELZSR-520-26085, Golden, CO, Mar 1999.
2. th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Washington, DC, May 13-17, 1996.
3. Strong, S., Wohlgemuth, J., Kaelin, M., Development Standardized Low-cost AC PV Systems: Phase I Annual Report, A PVMaT report by Solar Design Associates, Solarex and Advanced Energy Systems, NRELZSR-520-23002, Golden, CO, Jun 1997.
4. Bower, W., The AC PV Building Block - Ultimate Plugn-Play That Brings Photovoltaics Directly to the Customer, Proceedings of the 2004 PV Program Review, Denver, CO, Oct 24-27, 2004.
5. "Evaluation and Analysis of the Thermal Environment for a Module-Integrated Micro-Inverter", State Energy Program (SEP) Special Projects, Project DE-PS26-05NT42396-07.
6. Ton, D., Bulawka, A., Bower, W., Summary Report on the DOE Workshop On a Systems-driven Approach To Inverter Research and Development, U.S. Department of Energy, EERE Solar Technology Program, http://www1.eere.energy.gov/ solar/pdfs/sda_inverter.pdf Sep 2003.
7. Ton, D., Bower, W., Summary Report on the DOE High-tech Inverter Workshop; U.S. Department of Energy, EERE Solar Technology Program, http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/inverterll_workshop.pdf: Jan 2005.
8. "Notice of Program Interest: DE-PS36-06GO96020," U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Technologies Program, http://www.eere.doe.gov/solar/ about.html, Mar 2006.