Life-cycle monitoring and voltage-managing unit for DC-link electrolytic capacitors in PWM converters

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 493-503

  Vogelsberger, Markus A ^a   Wiesinger, Thomas ^a   Ertl, Hans ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capacitor ageing; capacitor voltage balancing; dc voltage link pulsewidth modulation (PWM) converter; electrolytic capacitor; equivalent series resistance (ESR) monitoring

Indexed keywords

AC LOSS; AUTONOMOUS MONITORING; CAPACITOR VOLTAGE BALANCING; CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; CONTROL COMMAND; COST MICROCONTROLLER; DATA TRANSMISSION; DC-LINK; DC-VOLTAGE LINK PULSEWIDTH MODULATION (PWM) CONVERTER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT SERIES RESISTANCE (ESR) MONITORING; FIELDBUS; NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION; ON-LINE IDENTIFICATION; POWER CAPACITOR; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER RESISTORS; POWER SUPPLY; PULSEWIDTH MODULATION CONVERTERS; PWM CONVERTER; TEMPERATURE SENSING; VOLTAGE BALANCING;

CAPACITORS; CONTROLLERS; DATA TRANSFER; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODULATION; MONITORING; POWER CONVERTERS; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 79951531445     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2059713     Document Type: Article

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