Reliability-Oriented Design and Analysis of Input Capacitors in Single-Phase Transformer-less Photovoltaic Inverters

Huai Wang; Yongheng Yang; Frede Blaabjerg

doi:10.1109/APEC.2013.6520714

Reliability-Oriented Design and Analysis of Input Capacitors in Single-Phase Transformer-less Photovoltaic Inverters

Huai Wang, Yongheng Yang, Frede Blaabjerg

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While 99% efficiency has been reported, the target of 20 years of service time imposes new challenge to cost-effective solutions for grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) inverters. Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are the weak-link in terms of reliability and lifetime in single-phase PV systems. A reliability-oriented design guideline is proposed in this paper for the input capacitors in single-phase transformer-less PV inverters. The guideline ensures that the service time requirement is to be accomplished under different power levels and ambient temperature profiles. The theoretical analysis has been demonstrated by a 1 kW single-phase PV inverter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2013)
Number of pages	5
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	2013
Pages	2929-2933
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-4354-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4673-4353-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2013.6520714
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	The Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2013 - Long Beach Convention Cente, Long Beach, United States Duration: 17 Mar 2013 → 21 Mar 2013

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Conference	The Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2013
Location	Long Beach Convention Cente
Country/Territory	United States
City	Long Beach
Period	17/03/2013 → 21/03/2013

Series	I E E E Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition. Conference Proceedings
ISSN	1048-2334

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Wang, Huai ; Yang, Yongheng ; Blaabjerg, Frede. / Reliability-Oriented Design and Analysis of Input Capacitors in Single-Phase Transformer-less Photovoltaic Inverters. 2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2013). IEEE Press, 2013. pp. 2929-2933 (I E E E Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition. Conference Proceedings).

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Wang, H, Yang, Y & Blaabjerg, F 2013, Reliability-Oriented Design and Analysis of Input Capacitors in Single-Phase Transformer-less Photovoltaic Inverters. in 2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2013). IEEE Press, I E E E Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition. Conference Proceedings, pp. 2929-2933, The Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2013, Long Beach, United States, 17/03/2013. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2013.6520714

Reliability-Oriented Design and Analysis of Input Capacitors in Single-Phase Transformer-less Photovoltaic Inverters. / Wang, Huai; Yang, Yongheng; Blaabjerg, Frede.
2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2013). IEEE Press, 2013. p. 2929-2933 (I E E E Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition. Conference Proceedings).

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