Efficiency Verification Power Circulation Method of a High Power Low Voltage NPC Converter for Wind Turbines

Konferenz: PCIM Europe 2016 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
10.05.2016 - 12.05.2016 in Nürnberg, Deutschland

Tagungsband: PCIM Europe 2016

Seiten: 7Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Benkendorff, Berthold; Fuchs, Friedrich W. (University of Kiel, Institute for Power Electronics, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany)
Franke, Toke (Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH, Husumer Str. 251, 24941 Flensburg, Germany)

Inhalt:
Development and research for power converters is concentrated on increasing power density, higher modularity, lower costs as well as higher reliability and efficiency. The use of multilevel converters, like Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) Converters, in high power applications in the range of 1.5MW up to 6MW can be favourable because of the filter size reduction and therefore reduction of weight and total volume of the system. This paper evaluates a high accurate practical efficiency verification in a circulation power testrun for a three level NPC converter with an apparent power of approximately 1MVA.