Aluminum electrolytic capacitor (AEC) is one of the weakest components in power electronic converters. As degradation AEC happens, its equivalent series resistance (ESR) increases and capacitance ( C) decreases. Therefore, online monitoring ESR C to predict AEC's life has great significance for ensuring safe reliable operation In this article, an scheme proposed buck converters, aiming estimate...

Title of Document: RELIABILITY EVALUATION OF LIQUID AND POLYMER ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS 45BAnshul Shrivastava, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), 2014 Directed By: Professor Michael Pecht, Department of Mechanical Engineering Liquid aluminum electrolytic capacitors are known for their reliability problems. They are considered as the weakest link in the power electronics system. The liquid e...

This paper has developed a novel multiobjective function for optimal sizing and sitting ofDistributed Generation (DG) units and capacitor banks in simultaneous mode to improve reliabilityand reduce energy losses. The proposed function consists of four objectives: Cost of Energy NotSupplied (CENS), System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), costs of energy loss andinvestment. A novel st...

This paper focused on the development of capacitor voltage balancing methods in a flying capacitor multilevel inverter (FCMLI) fed induction motor drive. For improving the performance of flying capacitor multilevel inverter, a switching pattern selection scheme is implemented. The proposed method has been designed a seven-level flying capacitor multilevel inverter by using sinusoidal pulse widt...

This paper shows that a highly deformable capacitor made of a soft dielectric and two conformal electrodes can switch between two states discontinuously, by a first-order transition, as the total charge varies gradually. When the total charge is small, it spreads evenly over the area of the capacitor, and the capacitor deforms homogeneously. When the total charge is large, it localizes in a sma...

The problem of capacitor allocation for loss reduction in electric distribution systems has been extensively researched over the past several decades. This paper describes the evolution of the research and provides an evaluation of the practicality and accuracy of the capacitor placement algorithms in the literature. The intent of this paper is not to provide a complete survey of all the litera...

This paper focuses on the development of capacitor voltage balancing methods in a flying capacitor multilevel inverter (FCMLI) fed induction motor drive. For improve the performance of flying capacitor multilevel inverter to implement a switching pattern selection scheme. This reduces capacitor voltage fluctuation without using voltage feedback and RLC Filter circuits connected in parallel with...

I t has been recognised that a major factor which affects the current efficiency in the commercial electrolytic cells for magnesium is the wettability of the cathode surface with respect to magnesium and the ability of the metal deposited to grow into a considerable size on cathode surface before getting released from it. Factors affecting these and studies to improve the wettability have alrea...

plasma electrolytic oxidation (peo) is the new, environmentally and cost-effective method for coating the metals. this method vastly has been studied for coating aluminum, titanium and magnesium and their alloys and recently for steel. in present study, ck45 steel samples were coated by peo method in order to improve corrosion resistance. during this process specimens were immerged in carbonate...