An online and noninvasive technique for the condition monitoring of capacitors in boost converters

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2134-2143

  Buiatti, Gustavo Malagoni ^a   Martin Ramos, Juan A ^b   Rojas García, Carlos H ^b   Amaral, Acácio M R ^c   Marques Cardoso, Antonio J ^c  

^a Mitsubishi Electric ITE TCL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Boost converters; capacitance; diagnosis; electrolytic capacitors; equivalent series resistance (ESR); predictive maintenance

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; BOOST CONVERTERS; CAPACITANCE VALUES; CONTINUOUS CURRENT MODES; DISCONTINUOUS CURRENT MODE; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; METALIZED POLYPROPYLENE FILMS; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; POWER STAGE; PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE; REAL TIME; REAL-TIME ESTIMATION;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CONDITION MONITORING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; MAINTAINABILITY; PAPER CAPACITORS; PLASTIC FILMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 77954620866     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2032960     Document Type: Article

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