Title :
Experimental reliability estimation of MPPT converter´s in different operating modes
Author :
Abdi, B. ; Yazdanparast, L.
Author_Institution :
Damavand Branch, Dept. of Electr. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ., Damavand, Iran
fDate :
July 30 2014-Aug. 1 2014
Abstract :
Failure rate as well as Reliability plays an important role in power electronic systems by which the number of system failures, repair costs, guarantee and etc are estimated. In this paper first, a boost Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) converter is constructed in Discontinues Conduction Mode (DCM) and Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM). Then, reliability calculation is done based on MIL-HDBK-217F standard. Results have shown that the converter would have better performance from reliability point of view in CCM operating mode.
Keywords :
maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; CCM; DCM; MIL-HDBK-217F standard; MPPT converter; boost maximum power point tracker; continuous conduction mode; discontinues conduction mode; power electronic systems; Equations; Inductors; Mathematical model; Reliability; Stress; Switches; Temperature; Life time; MPPT; Reliability; failure rate; photovoltaic; solar cell;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Engineering Conference (ICSEC), 2014 International
Conference_Location :
Khon Kaen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4965-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSEC.2014.6978243
