With the increasing use of supercapacitors (SCs) in the transportation and energy sectors,
reliability which relates to the lifecycle performance and cost, becomes an important aspect …

Capacitors are widely used in dc links of power electronic converters to balance power,
suppress voltage ripple, and store short-term energy. Condition monitoring (CM) of dc-link …

The electrification of the transportation sector is moving on at a fast pace. All car
manufacturers have strong programs to electrify their car fleet to fulfill the demands of society …

This article aims to provide an update of the reliability aspects of research on power
electronic components and hardware systems. It introduces the latest advances in the …

Recent studies have shown the potential benefits of grid-forming (GFM) converters and their
capability of stabilizing a power system with high penetration of power electronics-based …

Capacitive dc-links are widely used in voltage source converters for power balance, voltage
ripple limitation, and short-term energy storage. A typical solution, which uses aluminum …

Complex characteristics such as non-linearity and multi-stage are usually presented during
the degradation process of aluminum electrolytic capacitors (AECs). Therefore, it is difficult …

This article presents a dc-link capacitor lifetime improvement method for three-level
photovoltaic hybrid active neutral-point clamped inverters in full modulation index range …

In this article, a modular current-fed high-frequency transformer isolated matrix converters
(CF-HFT-MC) based wind energy conversion system (WECS) is proposed. The CF-HFT-MC …

In this article, an improved dc capacitor voltage balancing control is proposed for single-
phase cascaded H-bridge (CHB) multilevel converters. Compared with conventional voltage …