A sic SGTO/PIN diode power electronic module for a fault current limiter

Author

Zhang, Haijun ; Ang, Simon S. ; Farnell, Chris ; Liu, Yanbing ; Balda, Juan Carlos ; Mantooth, Homer Alan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

8-11 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

With the continuing expansion of the electrical distribution system, a fault current limiter is proposed in order to protect electrical devices during fault conditions and improve overall power quality. This paper documents the design and fabrication of power modules based on SiC diode and super gate turn-off thyristor for use in a solid-state fault current limiter (SSFCL) for 4.16 kV distribution systems. The thermal and electrical performances of the power modules were investigated theoretically and experimentally. The current sharing capability of the modules while in a parallel configuration was tested and met the system requirements. The full SSFCL test showed that the power modules can successfully operate at 4.16kV.

Keywords

fault current limiters; p-i-n diodes; power distribution faults; power semiconductor diodes; silicon compounds; thyristors; wide band gap semiconductors; SGTO/PIN diode; SSFCL; SiC; electrical devices; electrical distribution system; electrical performances; fault conditions; power electronic module; power quality; solid-state fault current limiter; super gate turn-off thyristor; thermal performances; voltage 4.16 kV; Multichip modules; Power dissipation; Resistors; Silicon carbide; Temperature measurement; Thermal resistance; Power module; current sharing; solid-state fault current limiter (SSFCL);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), 2013 4th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rogers, AR

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDG.2013.6785624

Filename

6785624