Title :
Design and development of a 1MVA medium voltage IGCT-based converter set-up
Author :
San-Sebastian, J. ; Etxeberria-Otadui, I. ; Perez-de-Arenaza, I. ; Viscarret, U. ; Lopez-de-Heredia, A. ; Azurmendi, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Ikerlan-IK4 Technol. Res. Centre, Po J.M. Arizmendiarrieta, Arrasate-Mondragon, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the design and development of a 1 MVA medium voltage IGCT-based converter set-up. The set up is rated at 2.5 kV and a maximum output current of 1 kA. The paper describes the most relevant aspects in the design process, such as the clamp design, layout definition, cooling system, etc, and presents its use for the study of a particular converter topology: a single phase H bridge. Power losses and thermal behavior have been first studied in Matlab-Simulink and then validated by experimental results.
Keywords :
bridge circuits; power convertors; thyristor applications; Matlab-Simulink; apparent power 1 MVA; converter topology; current 1 kA; integrated gate commutated thyristor; medium voltage IGCT-based converter set-up; power losses; single phase H bridge; thermal behavior; voltage 2.5 kV; Analog-digital conversion; Clamps; Cooling; Low voltage; Medium voltage; Semiconductor diodes; Switching converters; Thermal force; Thermal resistance; Topology; IGCT; Single phase system; Test bench; Thermal design; Voltage Source Converter (VSC);
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4432-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-90-75815-13-9
