K. Mino, H. Matsumoto, Y. Nemoto, S. Fujita, D. Kawasaki, R. Yamada, N. Tawada
{"title":"A front-end converter with high reliability and high efficiency","authors":"K. Mino, H. Matsumoto, Y. Nemoto, S. Fujita, D. Kawasaki, R. Yamada, N. Tawada","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618160","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a front-end converter including a novel bridgeless PFC converter with high reliability and an isolated full-bridge DC-DC converter with a proposed control scheme to improve efficiency under a light load condition. The proposed bridgeless PFC converter can avoid flowing a high inrush current to silicon carbide Schottky diodes and MOSFETs without impairing efficiency. Furthermore, efficiency of full bridge DC-DC converters under a light load condition can be improved by adjusting to proper switching frequency. In this paper, the proposed topologies and the principles of operation are introduced. Furthermore, a 2kW prototype was built in order to evaluate the proposed topologies. The experimental results are shown in this paper.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115037658","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":"A non-intrusive winding heating method for induction motor using soft-starter for preventing moisture condensation","authors":"Pinjia Zhang, Yi Du, T. Habetler, B. Lu","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617811","url":null,"abstract":"Moisture condensation may cause degradation of key motor components when a motor is de-energized. To prevent moisture condensation, a motor's temperature must be maintained higher than the ambient temperature when de-energized. This paper proposes a non-intrusive motor heating technique using soft-starters. By controlling the operation of the solid-state switches in soft-starters, adjustable ac current can be injected into the three phases of the stator windings without inducing any output torque. The motor temperature can therefore be maintained at a desired temperature due to the heat dissipation during current injection. In addition, two motor temperature control approaches are proposed in this paper to minimize the required energy consumption for preventing moisture condensation. The proposed technique is experimentally validated on a 7.5-hp ODP (open drip proof) induction motor. The experimental results show that the average stator winding temperature can reaches 9° above the ambient temperature with acceptable current magnitudes. In addition, it is shown that the motor temperature rise can be controlled by adjusting the operation of the solid-state switches in soft-starters. The importance of the proposed technique lies in its non-invasive nature: the technique only uses the existing hardware of soft-starters; the motor's condition is not interrupted since no output torque is induced during the current injection. The proposed winding heating technique can be easily extended to other types of ac machines or inverter-fed applications.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"605 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115106963","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":"Performance evaluation of a new hybrid-modulation scheme for high-frequency-ac-link inverter: Applications for PV, wind, fuel-cell, and DER/storage applications","authors":"S. Mazumder, A. Rathore","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617965","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in SiC (and upcoming GaN) based power semiconductor devices, high-permeability nanocrystalline high-frequency (HF) transformers, and advanced processing and sensing capabilities have paved the way for HF-ac-link (HFACL) based isolated inverter systems that have wide applications encompassing high-power (HP) renewable- and alternative-energy systems (e.g. photovoltaic, wind, fuel-cell energy systems), DG/DER applications, active filters, energy storage, and compact defense power-conversion modules. Unlike conventional Si-based low-frequency HP systems, the switches in these applications need to operate at frequencies 20–50 kHz instead of being limited by conventional HP devices (e.g. Si-based IGCTs, GTOs). Additionally, HFACL systems eliminate the intermediate dc-link filters, which are needed in fixed-dc-link (FDCL) approaches. However, one of the challenges of such HP and HF approaches is switching loss. In that regard, this paper demonstrates, under scaled-power condition, the efficacy of a recently-outlined and patented hybrid-modulation (HM) scheme, which can reduce the switching losses of the ac/ac converter of a HFACL inverter by up to 66%. This also leads to improved voltage utilization as compared to state-of-the-art space-vector-modulation (SVM) schemes and reduction in device current stress. We also demonstrate that, even though the HM based HFACL approach works without a dc-link capacitor, the output THD of the inverter is not worse than the SVM based FDCL inverter. The HM scheme is unlike all reported discontinuous-modulation (DM) schemes where the input to the final stage of the inverter is a dc and not a pulsating-dc; further, in the HM scheme, switches in 2 legs of the ac/ac converter do not change state in a 60° cycle and switches in any one leg do not change state for an overall 240°. In contrast, for a conventional DM scheme, at most switches of 1 leg of the ac/ac converter do not change stage in a 60° or 120° cycle.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116188291","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":"Control of an unbalanced stand-alone DFIG-based wind system using predictive current control method","authors":"V. Phan, Hong‐Hee Lee","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617962","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an improved predictive current control (PCC) strategy for unbalanced stand-alone doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind power systems. The proposed control scheme predicts an appropriate average rotor voltage vector to eliminate the rotor current errors in the following switching period. The identified rotor voltage vector is then applied to the rotor-side converter (RSC) by using space-vector modulation (SVM) with constant switching frequency. To improve control performance, a compensation method for time delay is adopted. The whole control algorithm is performed in the RSC to achieve the desired control output, i.e., compensation for the stator voltage imbalance. The proposed PCC was tested by both simulations and experiments with 2.2kW DFIG feeding an unbalanced load to demonstrate the excellent steady-state performance as well as the extremely fast dynamic response of the proposed current controller.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116191717","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":"Novel high-speed, Lorentz-type, slotless self-bearing motor","authors":"T. Baumgartner, A. Looser, C. Zwyssig, J. Kolar","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617798","url":null,"abstract":"Active magnetic bearings are a preferred choice for supporting rotors spinning at high-speed due to low friction losses and no wear. However, the rotational speed in previous bearing topologies has been limited by complex rotor constructions, high rotor losses, or position control instabilities at high speed. This paper presents a novel Lorentz-type, slotless self-bearing motor concept which overcomes most limitations of previously presented high-speed AMBs. An analytical model for motor torque and bearing forces is presented and a design for 500 000 rpm is verified with FE simulations, showing exceptionally low negative stiffness cross coupling. Finally, a prototype system is described.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116365171","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":"Rotor design of a high-speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine rating 100,000 rpm at 10kW","authors":"B. Riemer, M. Lessmann, K. Hameyer","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617800","url":null,"abstract":"Rotors of electrical high speed machines are subject to high stress, limiting the rated power of the machines. This paper describes the design process of a high-speed rotor of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) for a rated power of 10kW at 100,000 rpm. Therefore, at the initial design the impact of the rotor radius to critical parameters is analyzed analytically. In particular, critical parameters are mechanical stress due to high centrifugal forces and natural bending frequencies. Furthermore, air friction losses, heating the rotor and the stator additionally, are no longer negligible compared to conventional machines and must be considered in the design process. These mechanical attributes are controversial to the electromagnetic design, increasing the effective magnetic air gap, for example. Thus, investigations are performed to achieve sufficient mechanical strength without a significant reduction of air gap flux density or causing thermal problems. After initial design by means of analytical estimations, an optimization of rotor geometry and materials is performed by means of the finite element method (FEM).","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116453568","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":"Seamless transfer strategy with outer current loop for three phase inverter in distributed generation","authors":"Zeng Liu, Jinjun Liu","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617704","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5617704","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a control strategy for three phase inverter to transfer between grid-tied and islanding mode in distributed generation. It is with an inner load voltage loop and an outer grid current loop. During the transition, the regulators are not changed, as the limiters are of effect. As a result, the load voltage is very smooth during the transfer, and the realization is very simple.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116475607","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":"Estimation of internal junction temperature & thermal resistance of light-emitting diodes using external luminous flux measurements","authors":"X. Tao, S.N. Li, S. Hui","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618051","url":null,"abstract":"Although critical to the lifetime of LED, the junction temperature of LED cannot be measured easily. From the general photo-electro-thermal theory for LED systems, new equations for estimating the internal junction temperature Tj and junction-case thermal resistance Rjc of LED from the luminous flux measurements, which can be obtained relatively easily, are presented and verified practically. These equations provide a valuable tool for checking Tj in LED system design without expensive equipment.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122035510","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}
A. Antonopoulos, K. Ilves, Lenart Angquist, H. Nee
{"title":"On interaction between internal converter dynamics and current control of high-performance high-power AC motor drives with modular multilevel converters","authors":"A. Antonopoulos, K. Ilves, Lenart Angquist, H. Nee","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618474","url":null,"abstract":"The modular multilevel converter (M2C) is a promising converter technology for various high-voltage high-power applications. The reason to this is that low-distortion output quantities can be achieved with low average switching frequencies per switch and without output filters. With the M2C the output voltage has such a low harmonic content that high-power motors can be operated without any derating. However, the apparent large number of devices, requires more complex converter control techniques than a two-level counterpart. Even though there have been several ways suggested to control the converter itself, it is still a challenge to investigate the interaction of these controllers with an external motor current controller. It is shown in the paper that the anticipated interaction will not result in any problems neither for the converter nor for the motor control itself.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124013591","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":"An AC/DC power conversion based on Series-connected Universal Link converter","authors":"Anno Yoo, Myoungho Kim, S. Sul","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618208","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel AC/DC power converter topology for the future energy conversion network. The proposed Series-connected Universal Link (SUL) converter transfers the power via the high frequency transformers and single phase full bridge converters. The shape of input AC source current is sinusoidal without PWM switching of the input side converter. Thanks to the reduced reactive components and high frequency transformer, the proposed converter can increase the power density and the efficiency significantly. It is expected that the SUL converter can be easily adapted to various renewable energy sources and energy storage system. Experimental results with prototype show the effectiveness of the proposed power converter topology.","PeriodicalId":161915,"journal":{"name":"2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125951250","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}