A novel control strategy applied to the series loaded resonant converter

Author

Ranstad, Per ; Nee, Hans-Peter ; Linner, Jörgen

Author_Institution

Alstom Power Sweden

fYear

2005

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2005

Abstract

An novel control strategy of the series loaded resonant converter is presented. The main objective of the control strategy is to minimize the switching losses in the main switching elements (IGBT). The results are experimentally verified on a 60 kW/25 kHz prototype converter. The IGBT losses obtained with the proposed control strategy are compared with those of the commonly used frequency control and phase-shift control strategies. With the proposed control strategy it is found that the losses are reduced in the entire operating range compared to phase-shift control. The same statement is valid also for frequency control, except for the highest output voltage

Keywords

frequency control; insulated gate bipolar transistors; losses; resonant power convertors; switching convertors; 25 kHz; 60 kW; IGBT; frequency control; main switching elements; phase-shift control strategies; series loaded resonant converter; switching losses losses; Circuits; Frequency control; Frequency modulation; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Prototypes; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Switching converters; Switching loss; Voltage control; Converter control; IGBT; Resonant converter; Soft switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2005 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Dresden

Print_ISBN

90-75815-09-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2005.219728

Filename

1665918