A performance analysis of three potential control network for monitoring and control in Power Electronics converter

Author

Toh, C.L. ; Norum, L.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Power Eng., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 March 2012

Firstpage

224

Lastpage

229

Abstract

A simple and fast internal communication system is highly demanded for future complex Power Electronics (PE) converters such as multilevel converters. To increase the reliability, more data/information will be required for local/internal monitoring and control. Therefore, a high speed control network is essential for the future PE converter system. This paper will first present the basic communication requirements for future advanced control in PE converters. Three potential high speed (100 Mbps) control networks (MACRO, PROFINET IRT, and EtherCAT) are being reviewed and analyzed. Finally, a case study is presented on a 3 phase Modular Multilevel Converter.

Keywords

power convertors; reliability; 3 phase modular multilevel converter; PE converter system; basic communication requirements; byte rate 100 MByte/s; complex power electronics converter control; data-information; fast internal communication system; high speed control network; local-internal monitoring; performance analysis; reliability; three potential control network; Bandwidth; Control systems; Copper; Power system reliability; Reliability; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0340-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209942

Filename

6209942