Performance characteristics and average-value modeling of auxiliary resonant commutated pole converter based induction motor drives

Author

Kuhn, B.T. ; Sudhoff, S.D. ; Whitcomb, C.A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

14

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

9/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

493

Lastpage

499

Abstract

The auxiliary resonant commutated pole (ARCP) power converter is currently of intense interest for use in a variety of power electronic converters, and is one of the cornerstones of the US Navy´s power electronic building block (PEBB) effort. In this paper, a detailed discussion of the required switching times needed to achieve completely soft switching operation with only one current sensor per phase is set forth. Based on this analysis, an average-value model of the ARCP converter is derived and used to explore its output characteristics. It is shown that large loads at high power factors can cause the ARCP output voltage to drop substantially. Computer simulations and laboratory data are used to validate this analysis

Keywords

commutation; induction motor drives; resonant power convertors; switching circuits; US Navy; auxiliary resonant commutated pole power converter; average-value modelling; computer simulation; convertor output voltage; induction motor drives; laboratory data; loads; output characteristics; performance characteristics; power electronic building block; power electronic converters; power factor; soft switching operation; switching times; Commutation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Power electronics; Power engineering computing; Power semiconductor switches; Resonance; Signal generators; Switching converters; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.790902

Filename

790902