Inductive Components for Solar Power Conversion in a Harsh Next Decade Environment

Conference: PCIM Europe 2017 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
05/16/2017 - 05/18/2017 at Nürnberg, Deutschland

Proceedings: PCIM Europe 2017

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Schmidhuber, Michael (SUMIDA Components Modules GmbH, Germany)
Jung, Marco; Schnabel, Fabian (Fraunhofer Institute IWES, Germany)

Abstract:
This paper presents a new 25 kVA PV inverter for a harsh next decade environment. To achieve the requirements new active and passive components are necessary. New Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductors together with a new cooling concept and an improved packaging shall lead in smaller passive components and thus to an increased power density of 1 kg/kW as wells as in a higher robustness against harsh environmental conditions. Additional calculated and measured efficiency results and an optimized passive components design are verified in a 25 kVA PV power converter demonstrator.