DocumentCode
1856052
Title
Accelerated life testing (ALT) qualification for photovoltaic grid-tied commercial inverter equipment
Author
Vidano, Ron ; Feinberg, Alec ; Lau, Lisa ; Fife, John M.
Author_Institution
Renewables Bus. Unit, Adv. Energy Ind., Fort Collins, CO, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
19-24 June 2011
Abstract
Accelerated life testing (ALT) is a method of validating product reliability in a short time period of weeks or months through application of stresses much higher than a product would experience in ordinary operation. ALT can find dominant failure mechanisms and is often used when wear-out failure is involved. In addition, ALT methods can serve as qualification criteria to prescribed lifetime confidence limits.
Keywords
invertors; life testing; photovoltaic power systems; power system reliability; accelerated life testing qualification; lifetime confidence limits; ordinary operation; photovoltaic grid-tied commercial inverter equipment; product reliability; wear-out failure; Acceleration; Inverters; Life estimation; Life testing; Photovoltaic systems; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9966-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185960
Filename
6185960
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