Feasibility study of SiC devices for low voltage converter in a wind power generation system

Abstract

The research focuses on feasibility study of SiC devices applied to a low voltage converter module in a wind power generation system. In this paper, a comparison of the SiC converter and the Si converter is presented based on simulations in terms of power loss, efficiency, heatsink design, and filter inductor volume. It is shown that SiC devices have great potential to replace Si devices even in low voltage converters in future wind power generation systems.