{"title":"An Isolated Step-Down Multi-Port DC-DC Power Converter for Electric Refrigerated Vehicles Auxiliary Power Unit System","authors":"Sinaee Vahid, Pouya Zolfi, J. Land, A. El-Refaie","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773710","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes an isolated step-down DC-DC multi-port converter (MPC) for the auxiliary power unit of refrigerated vehicles. Mercedes-Benz eSprinter is used as the baseline for this design with 400V battery pack and 2kW of auxiliary loads. TR-300T refrigeration unit from GUCHEN THERMO is chosen to provide temperatures as low as −18 degrees Celsius for the van's 12 cubic meter cargo space. Similar to Mercedes-Benz Sprinter model, two auxiliary battery units are used to design this MPC. The proposed MPC can provide up to 5kW, while benefiting from two additional paths to the freezer unit during idling and/or fault modes. The proposed MPC has 35% fewer active components compared to the state of the art, while offering higher reliability for the overall system. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed MPC, and the control system designed for this application and efficiencies up to 95% were recorded.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115811556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Constant Switch Stress Control of Hybrid Switched Capacitor DC-DC Converters","authors":"Ziyu Xia, J. Stauth","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773784","url":null,"abstract":"This work proposes the constant switch stress (CSS) control algorithm to achieve both active balance and output regulation for hybrid switched capacitor (SC) DC-DC converters. CSS control is a hysteresis-based solution that highlights simple implementation and fast transient response. Discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) is possible at light load to reduce the switching loss. Another unique operation mode (CSS mode) protects semiconductor devices from overstress at heavy load. For load levels in between, pseudo constant switching frequency can be maintained by dynamically adjusting the hysteresis window. The performance of CSS control is validated on a 5-level flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) converter prototype.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115012561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DC Bus Second Harmonic LC Filter with Solid-State Tuning Restorer","authors":"Anwesha Mukhopadhyay, V. John","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773433","url":null,"abstract":"Second harmonic filters are essential for the operation of single-phase converters. The presence of second harmonic ripple not only worsens the converter performance but also causes premature failure of DC bus circuit components. Though LC-tuned filters are well adopted as second harmonic filters due to their cost, reliability, and performance, their efficacy deteriorates when grid frequency or filter parameters deviate. On the other hand, active filters offer consistent and superior filtering performance at the cost of additional switches, usually of rating comparable to those of the main converters. Also, the main converter functions satisfactorily as long as the added switches are functional. The above concerns are addressed by the proposed filter configuration. It employs an auxiliary converter that enhances the performance of LC-tuned filter while using switches of much lower ratings. Moreover, the failure or nonavailability of the auxiliary converter does not completely disrupt the operation of the main converter. The performance of the proposed filter is verified in an experimental prototype which shows effective second harmonic filtering.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124967339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoling Li, Yuxiang Chen, Yuheng Wu, Hao Chen, W. Weber, Adel Nasiri, R. Cuzner, Yue Zhao, A. Mantooth
{"title":"High Voltage SiC Power Module Optimized for Low Parasitics and Compatible System Interface","authors":"Xiaoling Li, Yuxiang Chen, Yuheng Wu, Hao Chen, W. Weber, Adel Nasiri, R. Cuzner, Yue Zhao, A. Mantooth","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773726","url":null,"abstract":"SiC power Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) are strong candidates to replace Si devices in high voltage applications. Their high breakdown voltage and high switching frequency characteristics enable a drastic enhancement in power density and a significant reduction in complexity of the power electric system. However, proper power module packaging is critical to meet the sufficient insulation distance while simultaneously minimizing parasitics, especially at the module-system interface. This paper addresses the criticality effect of terminal arrangement on 10 kV power module performance. Three kinds of typical module layouts are compared in terms of system interface and parasitics. Thus, a concept of arranging terminals into groups according to the electric potential is proposed to provide a compact module layout with sufficient insulation. Based on this concept, an optimized terminal layout with low commutation loop inductance and attractive module-system interface is recommended for high voltage power module design.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121607901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javad Khodabakhsh, E. Mohammadi, A. Abosnina, G. Moschopoulos
{"title":"A Single-Stage Converter for Integration of Induction Wind Energy Conversion Systems into Multilevel Stand-Alone DC Nanogrids","authors":"Javad Khodabakhsh, E. Mohammadi, A. Abosnina, G. Moschopoulos","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773465","url":null,"abstract":"Multilevel DC nanogrids (DC-NGs) are a viable solution for small-scale stand-alone energy systems, especially in remote areas. They can be powered by wind energy cheaply and safely and thus increase the availably of energy in areas with limited solar irradiance. Among different options for energy conversion, induction machines can be used as generators for wind energy conversion as they are low-cost, reliable, and almost maintenance-free, but the cost and complexity of power electronic converters have limited this approach to low-power applications. This paper proposes a compact single-stage converter that has only six switches, can provide all the control functions for a self-excited induction generator (SEIG), and can interface the SEIG to two isolated DC systems. Moreover, the converter can integrate a small backup battery for the black-start of the SEIG. In this paper, the converter's feasibility is confirmed with experimental results from a scaled-down prototype converter, and the overall performance of the wind energy conversion system is studied in MATLAB/Simulink.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122162470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Semi-bridgeless Active Line Rectification Power Factor Correction Converter with Minimum Current Sensors and Analog control","authors":"A. Pevere","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773456","url":null,"abstract":"Semi-bridgeless dual-boost converter is widely used for its high efficiency and better EMI and thermal behavior compared to other power factor correction topologies. A common issue when the converter is driven with a conventional boost converter analog controller is the return current path, thus implying the use of multiple current sensors. The proposal of the following paper is to minimize the number of utilized current sensors to only one shunt resistor, and at the same time overcome the return current path problem in a very simple and effective way (by only using logical ports and taking advantage of the active line rectification circuitry). Details of the proposal and experimental results based on a 500W fan less and low profile power supply, implementing the proposed PFC with 400V output voltage and 65 kHz switching frequency, will be described in this paper.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"275 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126338350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Li, Cayden Wagner, C. Edrington, Shuangshuang Jin, Zheyu Zhang
{"title":"Quantitative Analysis of Accelerated Power Electronics Simulation Using Advanced Computing Technology","authors":"Yi Li, Cayden Wagner, C. Edrington, Shuangshuang Jin, Zheyu Zhang","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773649","url":null,"abstract":"Acceleration of execution speed in power electronics converters attracts increasing attention because of the advancement of power electronics technology and applications, such as high-frequency wide band-gap (WBG)-based power conversion, high-fidelity simulation needs over converter lifetime for reliability assessment on emerging mission-critical and/or cost-efficient applications, and future power and energy system enabled by multiple converters. However, simulation challenges show up due to high-frequency operation and resultant computational burden. This paper attempts to leverage the advanced computing technology, which has been successfully demonstrated in power system simulation, and performs the quantitative study to demonstrate the effectiveness of simulation acceleration. First, a methodology is proposed for a comprehensive comparison in a quantitative manner, starting from commercial MATLAB/Simulink software as the benchmark along with mathematical model (numerical and analytical version), Julia implementation, and improved model using paralleling computing techniques. Second, based on the proposed methodology, a case study with the widely applied two-level voltage source converter is performed and the comparison results are summarized. The impact of switching frequency is also investigated. It is observed that the simulation speeds up by a factor of 43.8 using advanced computing technology as compared to the MATLAB/Simulink benchmark.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125725337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bokang Zhou, Yuchen He, Yuntao Zou, Yuan Li, F. Peng
{"title":"An Inner-Loop Control Method for the Filter-less, Voltage Sensor-less, and PLL-less Grid-Following Inverter-Based Resource","authors":"Bokang Zhou, Yuchen He, Yuntao Zou, Yuan Li, F. Peng","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773557","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an inner-loop control method for the filter-less, voltage sensor-less, and PLL-less inverter-based resource (IBR) under grid-following operation mode. The innovative concepts of the proposed control structure incorporate the removal of the voltage sensors at the point of common coupling (PCC), the removal of the inverter output filter or interface inductance, and the removal of the traditional phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits. Furthermore, the virtual impedance control is applied to compensate for the inverter voltage reference change due to the removal of the interface inductance. With the proposed control method, the physical interface inductor and the bulky high-voltage sensors can be offloaded, but the inverter can still synchronize with the grid and respond to the control command with fast speed and small steady state error.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129881343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. T. Buyukdegirmenci, Omer F. Kozarva, Ozgur C. Milletsever, A. Hava
{"title":"Design Trade-offs and Considerations for Improving the PCB Current Carrying Capacity in High Power Density Power Electronics Applications","authors":"V. T. Buyukdegirmenci, Omer F. Kozarva, Ozgur C. Milletsever, A. Hava","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773486","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates printed circuit board (PCB) design trade-offs and considerations to maximize the current carrying capacity of traces in PCB-based power electronics applications. Many existing designs rely on methodologies through empirical data presented by the outdated IPC-2152 standard. A design methodology to maximize the utilized PCB area and improve thermal performance is introduced. To assess this methodology, lumped parameter (LP) and finite element (FE) models are developed and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are carried out. Thermal via placement strategies are investigated and maximum allowable power dissipation on the PCB traces is calculated. Simulations and analyses are experimentally validated on a PCB-based 100kW three-phase three-level inverter. The that results show that the thermal and electrical models discussed in this paper have superior accuracy compared to traditional formulations.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129387728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikolas Förster, Philipp Rehlaender, O. Wallscheid, F. Schafmeister, J. Böcker
{"title":"An Open-Source Transistor Database and Toolbox as a Unified Software Engineering Tool for Managing and Evaluating Power Transistors","authors":"Nikolas Förster, Philipp Rehlaender, O. Wallscheid, F. Schafmeister, J. Böcker","doi":"10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC43599.2022.9773701","url":null,"abstract":"To develop highly efficient converters, the selection of suitable power transistors for a specific application is one of the most crucial tasks in the development of power electronics. Diverse, non-standardized PDF datasheets make it difficult to compare transistors and parameterize them adequately in a simulation program. Overall, this is a very time-consuming task. To introduce a standardized framework for digitizing, comparing and exporting transistor data, this paper proposes an open-source transistor toolbox where transistor datasheets can be imported in a guided, standardized object-orientated format. The imported transistor data is stored in a central database offering the possibility to add further measurement data (such as double-pulse switching loss measurements) to the transistor object. For versatile usabilit, the data can be exported to common development tools (Matlab/Octave, PLECS, Simulink, GeckoCIRCUITS). Finally, a built-in comparison tool offers an easy and quick method to benchmark power transistors.","PeriodicalId":127006,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129444885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}