This article gives an overview of the artificial intelligence (AI) applications for power
electronic systems. The three distinctive life-cycle phases, design, control, and maintenance …

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 …

Grid integration of renewable energy (REN) requires efficient and reliable power conversion
stages, particularly with an increasing demand for high controllability and flexibility seen …

This article focuses on failure modes and lifetime testing of IGBT modules being one of the
most vulnerable components in power electronic converters. IGBT modules have already …

Wide band gap (WBG) power electronic devices, such as silicon carbide metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors (SiC MOSFETs) and gallium–nitride high-electron …

Reliability prediction in power electronic converters is of paramount importance for converter
manufacturers and operators. Conventional approaches employ generic data provided in …

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 …

Power cycling test is one of the important tasks to investigate the reliability performance of
power device modules in respect to temperature stress. From this, it is able to predict the …

Lifetime of Photovoltaic (PV) inverters is affected by the installation sites related to different
solar irradiance and ambient temperature profiles (also referred to as mission profiles). In …

Distributed generation (DG) is one of the key components of the emerging microgrid concept
that enables renewable energy integration in a distribution network. In DG unit operation …