Condition monitoring for DC-link capacitors based on artificial neural network algorithm

Hammam Soliman, Huai Wang, Brwene Gadalla, Frede Blaabjerg

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    Abstract

    In power electronic systems, capacitor is one of the reliability critical components. Recently, the condition monitoring of capacitors to estimate their health status have been attracted by the academic research. Industry applications require more reliable power electronics products with preventive maintenances. However, the existing capacitor condition monitoring methods suffer from either increased hardware cost or low estimation accuracy, being the challenges to be adopted in industry applications. New development in condition monitoring technology with software solutions without extra hardware will reduce the cost, and therefore could be more promising for industry applications. A condition monitoring method based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm is therefore proposed in this paper. The implementation of the ANN to the DC-link capacitor condition monitoring in a back-to-back converter is presented. The error analysis of the capacitance estimation is also given. The presented method enables a pure software based approach with high parameter estimation accuracy.

    Original languageBritish English
    Title of host publication2015 IEEE 5th International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, POWERENG 2015 - Proceedings
    PublisherIEEE Computer Society
    Pages587-591
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9781479999781
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 14 Sep 2015
    Event5th IEEE International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, POWERENG 2015 - Riga, Latvia
    Duration: 11 May 201513 May 2015

    Publication series

    NameInternational Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives
    Volume2015-September
    ISSN (Print)2155-5516
    ISSN (Electronic)2155-5532

    Conference

    Conference5th IEEE International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, POWERENG 2015
    Country/TerritoryLatvia
    CityRiga
    Period11/05/1513/05/15

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