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Abstract
As a key component in the wind turbine system, the power electronic converter and its power semiconductors suffer from complicated power loadings related to environment, and are proven to have high failure rates. Therefore, correct lifetime estimation of wind power converter is crucial for the reliability improvement and also for cost reduction of wind power technology. Unfortunately, the existing lifetime estimation methods for the power electronic converter are not yet suitable in the wind power application, because the comprehensive mission profiles are not well specified and included. Consequently, a relative more advanced approach is proposed in this paper, which is based on the loading and strength analysis of devices and takes into account different time constants of the thermal behaviors in power converter. With the established methods for loading and lifetime estimation for power devices, more detailed information of the lifetime-related performance in wind power converter can be obtained. Some experimental results are also included to validate the thermal behavior of power device under different mission profiles.
Original language | English |
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Journal | IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 590-602 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISSN | 0885-8993 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2015 |
Keywords
- IGBT
- Lifetime prediction
- Mission profiles
- Power semiconductor device
- Thermal cycling
- Wind power
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Center Of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE)
Blaabjerg, F., Munk-Nielsen, S., Pedersen, K. & Popok, V.
01/04/2011 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research