High Voltage Asset Performance Modeling

Many of the assets managed by TenneT TSO have been installed in the sixties and seventies of the previous century. Consequently, 50% of their assets will reach their designed lifetime within ten years. Due to financial and technical restrictions not all the asset can be replaced based on their age. Hence, TenneT TSO developed a Health index tool...

Comparison of Military Handbook and the FIDES Methodology for Failure Rate Estimation of Modular Multilevel Converters

Power electronics converters are crucial for power generation, transmission, and distribution. The modular multilevel converter (MMC) is highly valued for its ability to handle high power levels, versatility in reconfiguration, high efficiency through small-capacity submodules (SMs), and robust control capabilities. A failure of a power...