The importance of power electronic converters for electricity grid equipment is increasing due to the growing distribution-level penetration of renewable energy sources. The performance of the converters mostly depends on interactions between sources, loads, and their state of operation. These devices must be operated with safety and stability under normal conditions, fault conditions, overloads, as well as different operation modes. Therefore, enhanced control strategies of power electronic converters are necessary to improve system stability.

• Chapter 1: Power electronics converters for solar PV applications
• Chapter 2: Wear-out failure prediction of a PV microinverter
• Chapter 3: Reliability analysis methods and tools
• Chapter 4: Grid-connected solar inverter system: a case study
• Chapter 5: Control strategy for grid-connected solar inverters
• Chapter 6: Control strategy for grid-connected solar inverter for IEC standards
• Chapter 7: Thermal image based monitoring of PV modules and solar inverters
• Chapter 8: Failure mode classification for grid-connected photovoltaic converters