Electro-thermal modeling for junction temperature cycling-based lifetime prediction of a press-pack IGBT 3L-NPC-VSC applied to large wind turbines

IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 568-575

  Senturk, Osman S ^a   Munk Nielsen, Stig ^a   Teodorescu, Remus ^a   Helle, Lars ^b   Rodriguez, Pedro ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electro thermal model; lifetime; neutral point clamped; press pack IGBT; reliability; thermal model; three level; voltage source converter; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-THERMAL MODEL; LIFETIME; NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED; THERMAL MODEL; THREE-LEVEL; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER;

ENERGY CONVERSION; MAINTENANCE; POWER CONVERTERS; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); RELIABILITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOPOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MODELS;

EID: 81855168295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6063820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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