TY - GEN
T1 - Current routing in neutral voltage level of hysteresis current controlled three-level active neutral point clamped inverter for low fundamental frequencies
AU - Gunter, Sandro
AU - Fuchs, Friedrich W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© VDE VERLAG GMBH Berlin Offenbach.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Three level converters, especially Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) converters, are gaining popularity in industrial applications. Active Neutral Point Clamped (ANPC) [1] instead are rarely used by now. The ANPC has some significant advantages compared to NPC, like loss balancing feasibility or the ability to control the current path in neutral voltage level. It is also possible to use two current paths at the same time to reduce the losses of the inner semiconductors. For currents with a low fundamental frequency, this is very important because the inner semiconductor usually is in on-state for a whole half sine wave. In this case, the stress of the inner semiconductors can be significantly reduced by using both current paths.
AB - Three level converters, especially Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) converters, are gaining popularity in industrial applications. Active Neutral Point Clamped (ANPC) [1] instead are rarely used by now. The ANPC has some significant advantages compared to NPC, like loss balancing feasibility or the ability to control the current path in neutral voltage level. It is also possible to use two current paths at the same time to reduce the losses of the inner semiconductors. For currents with a low fundamental frequency, this is very important because the inner semiconductor usually is in on-state for a whole half sine wave. In this case, the stress of the inner semiconductors can be significantly reduced by using both current paths.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84997285763
T3 - PCIM Europe 2015; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management; Proceedings of
BT - PCIM Europe 2015; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management; Proceedings of
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, PCIM Europe 2015
Y2 - 19 May 2015 through 20 May 2015
ER -