Voltage Source Converter Topology for High-Power Applications Serializing Three-Phase Converters and H-Bridges

Author

Laka, Aitor ; Andoni Barrena, Jon ; Chivite-Zabalza, Javier ; Rodriguez Vidal, Miguel Angel ; Izurza-Moreno, Pedro

Author_Institution

Ingeteam Power Technol., S.A., Zamudio, Spain

Volume

61

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

5184

Lastpage

5191

Abstract

This paper presents a three-phase voltage source converter (VSC) topology for high-power applications. The presented topology combines 12 power electronics building blocks (PEBBs), being the power rating of the proposed VSC topology that is 12 times the power rating of each PEBB. This power is equally shared between each PEBB without the need of any control action; therefore, the converter works as a single three-phase power converter. In order to demonstrate the good performance of the presented VSC topology, it has been simulated in the simulation tool Saber, and the results have been experimentally validated in a test bench of 80 kVA.

Keywords

PWM power convertors; bridge circuits; topology; H-bridge circuit; PEBB; VSC topology; apparent power 80 kVA; high-power applications; power electronics building blocks; power rating; simulation tool Saber; three-phase power converter; voltage source converter topology; Capacitance; Harmonic analysis; Modulation; Power conversion; Switching frequency; Topology; Power electronics converter; pulsewidth modulation (PWM); voltage source converter (VSC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2014.2300834

Filename

6714507