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Long-Term Inverter Operation Demonstration at Sandia National Laboratories

Nov. 30, 2010

U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratory

Sigifredo Gonzalez, Scott Kuszmaul, Abraham Ellis

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Sandia National Laboratories Distributed Energy Technology Laboratory (DETL) has recently completed the first recharacterization phase on inverters operating for two years. This paper reports on the effects of long term inverter operation on four residential inverters.

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