Title :
Comparison of state-of-the-art voltage source converter topologies for medium voltage applications
Author :
Krug, Dietmar ; Bernet, -Ing Steffen ; Dieckerhoff, Sibylle
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
This paper compares a two level voltage source converter (2L-VSC), a three-level neutral point clamped voltage source converter (3L-NPC VSC), a three-level flying capacitor voltage source converter (3L-FLC VSC) and a four-level flying capacitor voltage source converter (4L-FLC VSC) on the basis of state-of-the-art 6.5 kV, 3.3 kV and 2.5 kV IGBTs for a 2.3 kV medium voltage converter. The design of the power semiconductors, the installed switch power, converter losses, the semiconductor loss distribution, modulation strategies and the harmonic spectra are compared in detail.
Keywords :
capacitors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; losses; modulation; power conversion harmonics; power convertors; power semiconductor switches; switching convertors; 2.3 kV; 2.5 kV; 3.3 kV; 6.5 kV; converter losses; four-level flying capacitor voltage source converter; harmonic spectra; medium voltage applications; medium voltage converter; modulation strategies; power semiconductors design; semiconductor loss distribution; state-of-the-art IGBT; state-of-the-art voltage source converter topologies; switch power; three-level flying capacitor voltage source converter; three-level neutral point clamped voltage source converter; two level voltage source converter; Capacitors; Frequency conversion; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Medium voltage; Phase modulation; Power conversion; Power system harmonics; Switches; Switching converters; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2003. 38th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7883-0
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2003.1257499
