Predicting capacitor reliability in a module-integrated photovoltaic inverter using stress factors from an environmental usage model

North American Power Symposium 2010, NAPS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Castillo, Samantha J ^a   Balog, Robert S ^a   Enjeti, Prasad ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; COST OF ENERGIES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAILURE RATE; LIFETIME COSTS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS; PV INVERTER; PV MODULES; STRESS FACTORS; USAGE MODELS; WEAK LINKS;

CAPACITORS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 78650055804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NAPS.2010.5618955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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