Overview of Three-Stage Power Converter Topologies for Medium Frequency-based Railway Vehicle Traction Systems
| Autor: | Anna Lusiewicz, Athanasios Iraklis, Joachim Winter, Toni Schirmer, Holger Dittus |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Battery (electricity)
Computer Networks and Communications Computer science medicine.medical_treatment Aerospace Engineering 02 engineering and technology Network topology law.invention 0203 mechanical engineering law Power electronics medicine Electrical and Electronic Engineering Transformer Electronic circuit Diode business.industry Electrical engineering 020302 automobile design & engineering Semiconductor device Traction (orthopedics) Power Electronics medium frequency transformer railway traction system Semiconductor Auxiliary power unit Harmonics Automotive Engineering Power quality business Voltage |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tvt.2019.2895500 |
| Popis: | With new developments in power electronics and semiconductor devices, there has been an increasing interest in the adoption of power electronic traction transformer (PETT) topologies in railways, mainly for the purpose of mass and volume reduction against conventional topologies. Apart from traction transformers, examples include isolation circuits for on-board auxiliary power units (APU) and even 750 VDC, 110 VDC and lower voltage (e.g., 72 VDC) battery chargers. Special attention has been given to the more mature technology of three-stage (ac–dc–MFac–dc) configurations with intermediate medium frequency ac (MFac) links. In contrast to conventional architectures, it becomes difficult to select a suitable multistage topology of power electronics for the design of complex traction systems with advanced requirements. The power electronics utilized in different configurations have a significant effect on performance, efficiency, power quality (harmonics and stability), and cost indicators for the whole system, making the selection and design process more complex. The objective of this paper is to provide a clear overview of proposed topologies with special emphasis on the power electronic architectures utilized in three-stage PETT systems particularly for railway traction systems and on-board APUs. With regards to the listed range of possible architectures provided to the reader, key characteristics, such as total semiconductor (switches and diodes) count numbers per module per phase, input/output voltage levels, operating frequencies, and the most commonly used resonant networks, are summarized and discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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