The evolution of the organizational attitudes regarding strategic management of system
physical assets and the emergence of new technologies call for special attention to …

Higher penetration of intermittent solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the distribution grid
results in frequent voltage fluctuations. The conventional voltage regulating devices …

The penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems in power grids has substantially increased
since the recognition of renewable energies. In a high solar-integrated network environment …

The lifetime of power electronic systems is the focus of both the academic and industrial
worlds. Today, compact systems present high switching frequency and power dissipation …

Power devices are among the reliability-critical components in the Photovoltaic (PV) inverter,
whose failures are normally related to the thermal stress. Therefore, thermal modeling is …

The first step of the design for reliability (DFR) approach in PV inverters is the translation of
the mission profile into thermal loading. Most works employ only a one-year mission profile …

Modern power systems are today characterized by an increasing utilization of the power
electronics. An accurate predictions of the power electronics reliability and lifetime are …

The grid-forming converter that supplies voltage magnitude and frequency is a key element
for isolated remote communities, and then wear-out analysis is an essential figure of merit …

This work proposes an adaptive dc-link voltage strategy applied to a double-stage three-
phase grid-connected PV inverter, in order to decrease the power devices and capacitors …

In literature, there are reliability studies on electrical power systems with several mission
profile (MP) resolutions. Although high-resolutions MPs represent more accurately the actual …