Electromagnetic compatibility design for a 19 MW PWM motor drive

Author

Crane, Allan ; McCoy, Timothy J.

Author_Institution

Alstom Drives & Controls, Rugby, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1590

Abstract

Alstom Drives and Controls, Ltd has developed under US Navy sponsorship a novel 19 MW PWM motor and drive for use in naval ship propulsion applications. The design requirements for this application placed stringent constraints on the size and acoustic signature of the motor and drive. When combined, these requirements create a very difficult electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) problem for the motor drive. This paper describes the drive requirements, EMC features designed into the drive as well as lessons learned from the component and factory testing and from the commissioning of this unique drive

Keywords

PWM power convertors; electric propulsion; electromagnetic compatibility; motor drives; ships; 19 MW; Alstom Drives and Controls; EMC; PWM motor drive; US Navy; acoustic signature; component testing; electromagnetic compatibility design; factory testing; naval ship propulsion; Circuits; Converters; Electromagnetic compatibility; Marine vehicles; Motor drives; Power generation; Propulsion; Pulse width modulation; Shipbuilding industry; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5589-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1999.805953

Filename

805953