{"title":"High Performance Drive Inverter for an Electric Turbo Compressor in Fuel Cell Applications","authors":"N. Langmaack, G. Tareilus, R. Mallwitz","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215777","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper the design of a high performance drive inverter with special requirements in terms of switching speed, power density and efficiency is presented. Solutions using different topologies, device technologies and packages are compared under the constraints given by the application. Finally an application specific optimum is found.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114453484","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}
Panagiotis Mantzanas, A. Bucher, D. Kuebrich, A. Pawellek, C. Hasenohr, Harald Hofmann, T. Duerbaum
{"title":"Influence of Generalized Discontinuous Pulse Width Modulation (GDPWM) on the DC-link Current and Voltage Ripple in Battery-fed PWM Inverter Systems","authors":"Panagiotis Mantzanas, A. Bucher, D. Kuebrich, A. Pawellek, C. Hasenohr, Harald Hofmann, T. Duerbaum","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215816","url":null,"abstract":"In battery-fed pulse width modulated inverters, the DC-link capacitor represents a limiting factor in terms of power density. The size of the DC-link capacitor strongly depends on its current and voltage ripple. This paper investigates the modulation method “Generalized Discontinuous Pulse Width Modulation” regarding DC-link current and voltage ripple in battery-fed pulse width modulated two-level three-phase voltage source-source inverters. “Generalized Discontinuous Pulse Width Modulation” already proved to be effective in reducing the inverter switching losses. Parameter studies performed in this paper reveal that this modulation method also enables a reduction of the DC-link voltage ripple in comparison to the widely used modulation method “centered space vector modulation”.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114766734","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}
Jonas Pfeiffer, Pierre Küster, Yeliz Erenler, Ziyad H. S. Qashlan, P. Zacharias
{"title":"Impact of implementation of auxiliary bias-windings on controllable inductors for power electronic converters","authors":"Jonas Pfeiffer, Pierre Küster, Yeliz Erenler, Ziyad H. S. Qashlan, P. Zacharias","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215616","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetic devices are an important part of electronic converters. They can be used to control some properties of the converters. There are three different control methods using an auxiliary bias-winding. In the presented paper, the impact of the implementation of the auxiliary bias-winding was studied for mixed biasing. Seven different designs were investigated in small signal measurements and 3D-FEM-simulations. The results were proven by calculated results of equivalent diagram circuits, which have been developed. Regarding the standard crosswise current arrangement all designs show the same results. In a horizontal aux. current arrangement, the effect of the VAG technique is mitigated. Investigations of a vertical aux. current arrangement results in an unsymmetrical magnetization curve.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114795739","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. Kersten, Manuel Kuder, A. Singer, Weiji Han, T. Thiringer, T. Weyh, Richard Eckerle
{"title":"Elimination/Mitigation of Output Voltage Harmonics for Multilevel Converters Operated at Fundamental Switching Frequency using Matlab's Genetic Algorithm Optimization","authors":"A. Kersten, Manuel Kuder, A. Singer, Weiji Han, T. Thiringer, T. Weyh, Richard Eckerle","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215791","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the optimization of the output voltage waveform of a multilevel converter operated with fundamental frequency switching. For a high number of output voltage levels, nearest-level control is typically used, whereas an optimized waveform can be presumably used to eliminate a selection of low order harmonics. A nonlinear optimization problem for any kind of multilevel inverter, operating in a single or three-phase arrangement, is formulated. It is shown that the set of nonlinear equations, defining this optimization problem, cannot be numerically solved, if the number of output voltage levels is higher than nine. Thus, an optimization algorithm, e.g., Matlab's genetic algorithm, should be used instead. Based on the concept of the weighted THD, it is shown that an optimized waveform has no effect on the output current's quality of a single phase multilevel converter. However, considering an ungrounded three-phase system, the content of the to be eliminated harmonic components is shifted towards the triplen harmonics and, consequently, the expected current quality, based on the WTHD, can be significantly improved.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114817931","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}
M. D. Vecchia, S. Ravyts, F. Verbelen, J. Tant, P. Sergeant, J. Driesen
{"title":"Performance Comparison Between SiC and Si Inverter Modules in an Electrical Variable Transmission Application","authors":"M. D. Vecchia, S. Ravyts, F. Verbelen, J. Tant, P. Sergeant, J. Driesen","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215658","url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates the performance of Silicon Carbide MOSFET and Silicon IGBT modules in a three-phase inverter for Electrical Variable Transmission systems. For this purpose, two practical inverter setups were developed and compared. An increase of several percentage points is visible over the entire operating range for the Silicon Carbide prototype. The total energy efficiency increased by 3.7% for the rotor and by 11.2% for the stator, for the same test conditions.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"214 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115012869","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":"Design and Control of a KE (Kinetic Energy) - Compensated Gravitational Energy Storage System","authors":"A. Rufer","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215714","url":null,"abstract":"A gravitational energy storage device is described where the kinetic energy to recover while braking a vertically moving mass is compensated by an auxiliary storage device based on supercapacitors. The characteristic power surge occurring by a fast decrease of the mass's velocity is absorbed by the added complementary device. The system structure is described, together with the associated control strategy. The paper includes also the design of the supercapacitor bank for this specific high-power component. The paper includes the simulation of the system where an energy discharge of the storage device is followed by a zero-power mode and a further an energy recharge.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123498000","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":"High Sensitivity Current Transformer with low Settling Time, for Magnified AC Current Measurements in Pulsed Applications","authors":"G. Tsolaridis, Pascal Seiler, J. Biela","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215660","url":null,"abstract":"In solid-state pulsed power systems based on switching converters often a low amplitude, high frequency ripple current is superimposed on the high flat-top pulse current. Despite its low amplitude (usually measured in ppm) the ripple current could have a major impact on the performance of the system and therefore needs to be quantified/reduced. However, measuring such currents is challenging, due to the limited resolution of the current probe, especially when the DC offset current of the pulse is in the kA range. Therefore a suitable AC current probe able to perform magnified ripple current measurements with high fidelity is proposed in this paper. The probe is based on the principle of current transformers and filters the DC offset of the pulsed current, enabling to measure the ripple with a very high resolution. The design trade-offs of the conventional CT for such an application are explained, and an adaptive burden resistance topology is proposed in order to achieve simultaneously a low settling time, which is essential for measuring short pulses, and the needed high sensitivity, while maintaining a relatively high bandwidth.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123520362","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":"Efficient and scalable power control in multi-port active-bridge converters","authors":"S. Galeshi, D. Frey, Y. Lembeye","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215905","url":null,"abstract":"Application of multi-port active-bridge converters is constantly increasing due to their advantages such as bidirectional power transfer, high efficiency, and intrinsic electrical isolation. However, controlling the flow of power in these converters becomes more and more complex as the number of ports increases. Power flow in a multi-port active-bridge converter is controlled through phase shifts and duty cycles. Analytical and Numerical methods, when suitable, often require huge amounts of processing and memory resources for real-time control of the power in converters with three or more ports. This work proposes a method that is computational cost efficient and can be employed for realtime control purposes. It is scalable and can be applied to any number of ports. Simulation and experimental results are provided to validate correct operation of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121906379","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":"Offshore wind farm layout optimization considering wake effects","authors":"Asma Dabbabi, S. Bourguet, R. Loisel, M. Machmoum","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215642","url":null,"abstract":"With the serious concern for environmental problems, the exploitation of renewable energies is becoming a need and no longer a choice, offshore wind energy is one of the trends in the renewable energy market. The exploitation of this energy demands important investment costs that's why optimizing the wind farm layout is primordial to make a cost effectiveness during the lifetime of the park. Otherwise, minimizing the Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) is the key to have the tradeoff between wind farm cost and the annual energy delivered to the terrestrial network. For a realistic framework, the wind farm losses must take into account the wake losses between turbines so a calculation tool of wake effect is developed in this paper.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124956059","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 Improvement for Plug-In Reverse Conducting IGBTs through Gate-Voltage Observation","authors":"D. Lexow, H. Eckel","doi":"10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EPE20ECCEEurope43536.2020.9215764","url":null,"abstract":"While driving a plug-in RC-IGBT, the performance outcome can be significantly improved by adapting the turn-OFF process. Hereby, the observation of the characteristic gate-voltage behavior allows the distinction between IGBT and diode turn-OFF. Latter can be easily manipulated in order to utilize the full potential of the inverter locking time.","PeriodicalId":241752,"journal":{"name":"2020 22nd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'20 ECCE Europe)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129506415","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}