A unified approach to reliability assessment of multiphase DC-DC converters in photovoltaic energy conversion systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 739-751

  Dhople, Sairaj V ^a   Davoudi, Ali ^b   Domínguez García, Alejandro D ^a   Chapman, Patrick L ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c SolarBridge Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov reliability modeling; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); photovoltaics; switch mode dc dc converters

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CAPACITOR VOLTAGES; COMPONENT FAILURES; CONVERTER DESIGN; DOMINANT FACTOR; FAULT-TOLERANT; IMPROVED RELIABILITY; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MEAN TIME TO SYSTEM FAILURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RELIABILITY MODEL; RELIABILITY MODELING; STEADY-STATE MODELS; SWITCH-MODE DC-DC CONVERTERS; SYSTEM LEVELS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK; UNIFIED APPROACH;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RATING; REDUNDANCY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84855702514     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2103329     Document Type: Article

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