Power electronics and reliability in renewable energy systems

IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 19-30

  Blaabjerg, F ^a   Ma, K ^a   Zhou, D ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIP TEMPERATURE; CONVERTER CONFIGURATIONS; ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION; GRID-CONNECTED; HIGH AVAILABILITY; MISSION PROFILE; OPERATION MODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER SOURCES; RELIABILITY EVALUATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STAND-ALONE MODES; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; RELIABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84864863481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2012.6237053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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