Assessment of Efficiency and Reliability of Wide Band-Gap Based H8 Inverter in Electric Vehicle Applications

Autor: Luca Concari, Davide Barater, Andrea Toscani, Carlo Concari, Giovanni Franceschini, Giampaolo Buticchi, Marco Liserre, He Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 12, Iss 10, p 1922 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en12101922
Popis: This paper analyzes the performance of a three-phase converter architecture with a reduced common mode voltage to be used in electric motor drives. Starting from the classical three-phase bridge architecture, two additional switches are inserted in the DC link, in order to decouple the source from the load during the freewheeling intervals. Ad-hoc modulation strategies are introduced and evaluated against the classical three-phase space vector modulation. Three main parameters are analyzed: common mode voltage, efficiency and reliability. Experimental measurements on a converter prototype are used to evaluate the common mode performance. The efficiency in the case of Si-IGBT and SiC-MOSFETs is experimentally evaluated. Reliability analysis performed with a Coffin-Mason model showed that the higher efficiency offered by the SiC devices allows for a marked extension of the lifetime.
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