Title :
Reliability analysis of fault tolerant drive topologies
Author :
Argile, R.N. ; Mecrow, Barrie C. ; Atkinson, David J. ; Jack, A.G. ; Sangha, P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr., Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Abstract :
This paper examines fault tolerant power converter topologies and develops a technique for producing data to compare the reliability of topologies. The various states of fault-tolerant systems are modelled, following which reliability curves and failure rate data is constructed.
Keywords :
fault tolerance; power convertors; power system faults; power system reliability; failure rate data; fault tolerant drive topologies; fault tolerant power converter topologies; fault-tolerant systems; reliability analysis; reliability curves; Drive Topologies; Fault Tolerance; Reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 2008. PEMD 2008. 4th IET Conference on
Conference_Location :
York
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-900-3
