TY - GEN
T1 - Mission profile based reliability evaluation of building blocks for modular power converters
AU - Hahn, Frederik
AU - Andresen, Markus
AU - Buticchi, Giampaolo
AU - Liserre, Marco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© VDE VERLAG GMBH · Berlin · Offenbach.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The major challenge of the power electronics design is to be cost effective while fulfilling the reliability requirements. Since the thermal cycling is one of the most severe causes of failure in power electronics, this paper presents a test bench for the thermal testing of power converters. This is particularly important for modular power converters consisting of several building blocks, which cannot be tested easily. For thermal design evaluation it is proposed to test the building blocks under real mission profiles. As a study case, the thermal behavior of an Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is given to demonstrate the approach.
AB - The major challenge of the power electronics design is to be cost effective while fulfilling the reliability requirements. Since the thermal cycling is one of the most severe causes of failure in power electronics, this paper presents a test bench for the thermal testing of power converters. This is particularly important for modular power converters consisting of several building blocks, which cannot be tested easily. For thermal design evaluation it is proposed to test the building blocks under real mission profiles. As a study case, the thermal behavior of an Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is given to demonstrate the approach.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040592119&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SBMicro.2017.7990809
DO - 10.1109/SBMicro.2017.7990809
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85040592119
T3 - PCIM Europe 2017 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
BT - PCIM Europe 2017 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, PCIM Europe 2017
Y2 - 16 May 2017 through 18 May 2017
ER -