Powering the Future of Industry: High-Power Adjustable Speed Drive Topologies

Author

Kouro, Samir ; Rodriguez, Jose ; Wu, Bin ; Bernet, Steffen ; Perez, Marcelo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Tec. Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

2012

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The HP-ASD technology has experienced a huge development in the last decade. This can be appreciated by the large number of recently introduced drive configurations on the market. In addition, many industrial applications are reaching MV operation and megawatt range or have experienced changes in requirements on efficiency, performance, and power quality, making the use of HP-ASDs more attractive. It can be concluded that, HP-ASDs is an enabling technology ready to continue powering the future of industry for the decades to come.

Keywords

industries; power convertors; variable speed drives; HP-ASD technology; MV operation; drive configurations; future industry; high-power adjustable speed drive topologies; industrial applications; life-cycle costs; megawatt range; power converters; power quality; Cost benefit analysis; Industrial processes; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Logic gates; Power conversion; Rectifiers; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIAS.2012.2192231

Filename

6198407