Power cycling test bench for IGBT power modules used in wind applications

Proceedings of the 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wagenitz, Dennis ^a   Westerholz, André ^a   Erdmann, Eike ^a   Hambrecht, Andreas ^a   Dieckerhoff, Sibylle ^b  

^a BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doubly fed induction motor; IGBT; power cycling; wind energy

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGEING; DC-LINK; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION MOTOR; DOUBLY FED INDUCTION-GENERATOR; LIFETIME ANALYSIS; LOAD CONDITION; POWER CYCLING; POWER MODULE; POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; POWER-LOSSES; RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT; SINUSOIDAL LOAD; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TEST BENCHES; THERMO-MECHANICAL STRESS; WIND APPLICATIONS; WIND CONDITIONS;

ASYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; INDUCTION MOTORS; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (IGBT); POWER ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WIND POWER;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80053531600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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