Method and system for monitoring the condition of capacitors in a DC-voltage intermediate circuit

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PATENT NO 8829919
APP PUB NO 20100295554A1
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12863753

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Method and system for monitoring the condition of the capacitor arrangement (14-16) of the DC-voltage intermediate circuit of a power electronics appliance, such as of a frequency converter, at the place of usage, in which method the discharge voltage over the capacitor arrangement as a function of time is measured, and in which method the intermediate circuit is pre-charged with a pre-determined DC voltage, the pre-charging is removed from the intermediate circuit, the voltage of the intermediate circuit is measured by sampling at regular intervals, the voltage drop as a function of time is determined on the basis of the measured voltage of the intermediate circuit, the capacitance or the relative change in it is determined on the basis of the voltage drop, the value of the determined capacitance or of the relative change in it is compared to a pre-determined limit value on the basis of the voltage drop, and the necessary condition monitoring procedure is performed when the value determined with the measurement reaches the pre-determined limit value or is close to it.

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  • THE SWITCH DRIVE SYSTEMS OY

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Alho, Timo Laihia, FI 4 9

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