TY - CHAP
T1 - Design for Reliability of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Systems
AU - Ma, Ke
AU - Yang, Yongheng
AU - Wang, Huai
AU - Blaabjerg, Frede
PY - 2014/5/15
Y1 - 2014/5/15
N2 - Power electronics is the enabling technology for maximizing the power captured from renewable electrical generation, e.g., the wind and solar technology, and also for an efficient integration into the grid. Therefore, it is important that the power electronics are reliable and do not have too many failures during operation which otherwise will increase cost for operation, maintenance and reputation. Typically, power electronics in renewable electrical generation has to be designed for 20–30 years of operation, and in order to do that, it is crucial to know about the mission profile of the power electronics technology as well as to know how the power electronics technology is loaded in terms of temperature and other stressors relevant, to reliability. Hence, this chapter will show the basics of power electronics technology for renewable energy systems, describe the mission profile of the technology and demonstrate how the power electronics is loaded under different stressors. Further, some systematic methods to design the power electronics technology for reliability will be given and demonstrated with two cases—one is a wind power and the other is photovoltaic application.
AB - Power electronics is the enabling technology for maximizing the power captured from renewable electrical generation, e.g., the wind and solar technology, and also for an efficient integration into the grid. Therefore, it is important that the power electronics are reliable and do not have too many failures during operation which otherwise will increase cost for operation, maintenance and reputation. Typically, power electronics in renewable electrical generation has to be designed for 20–30 years of operation, and in order to do that, it is crucial to know about the mission profile of the power electronics technology as well as to know how the power electronics technology is loaded in terms of temperature and other stressors relevant, to reliability. Hence, this chapter will show the basics of power electronics technology for renewable energy systems, describe the mission profile of the technology and demonstrate how the power electronics is loaded under different stressors. Further, some systematic methods to design the power electronics technology for reliability will be given and demonstrated with two cases—one is a wind power and the other is photovoltaic application.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-03224-5_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-03224-5_9
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-319-03223-8
T3 - Green Energy and Technology
SP - 295
EP - 338
BT - Use, Operation and Maintenance of Renewable Energy Systems
A2 - Sanz-Bobi, Miguel A.
PB - Springer
ER -