Metallized Film Capacitor Lifetime Evaluation and Failure Mode Analysis

Authors

  • R. Gallay Garmanage, Farvagny-le-Petit

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5170/CERN-2015-003.45

Keywords:

Metallized film capacitor, failure mode, lifetime.

Abstract

One of the main concerns for power electronic engineers regarding capacitors is to predict their remaining lifetime in order to anticipate costly failures or system unavailability. This may be achieved using a Weibull statistical law combined with acceleration factors for the temperature, the voltage, and the humidity. This paper discusses

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Published

2016-02-03

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Vol. 3 (2015): Proceedings of the 2014 CAS-CERN Accelerator School: Power Converters

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