Title :
Design and test of a variable topology converter for electric motor drive applications
Author :
Essah, D.N. ; O´Connell, R.M. ; Wallace, R.S.
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. Res. Center, Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO, USA
Abstract :
The design considerations for a high power variable topology converter, which has been built and tested as part of an electric drive test bed project are presented. The main features of the power converter is its ready re-configurability to drive a wide variety of electric machines with minimum hardware changes. The switch topology, power electronic device selection, gate drive design, and details of the switch control and protection circuit are explained. An experimental setup used to evaluate the new topology is also described
Keywords :
bipolar transistor switches; circuit testing; design engineering; insulated gate bipolar transistors; motor drives; network topology; power bipolar transistors; power convertors; power semiconductor switches; IGBT switch topology; design considerations; gate drive design; motor drive applications; power electronic device selection; protection circuit; re-configurability; switch control; test bed project; variable topology power converter; Circuit topology; Electric motors; Electronic equipment testing; Power electronics; Power semiconductor switches; Reluctance motors; Semiconductor diodes; Switching circuits; Switching converters; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 1996. Thirty-First IAS Annual Meeting, IAS '96., Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3544-9
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1996.556997
