Strategy for enhancing reliability and lifetime of DC-AC inverters used for wind turbines

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2018-06-01
Batunlu, C.
Albarbar, A.
Lifetime of wind turbine inverters is below expectations therefore, novel design and drive strategies are timely required to achieve optimum life span.
MICROELECTRONICS RELIABILITY

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C. Batunlu and A. Albarbar, “Strategy for enhancing reliability and lifetime of DC-AC inverters used for wind turbines,” MICROELECTRONICS RELIABILITY, pp. 25–37, 2018, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/64988.