Power Cycling Capability of High Power IGBT Modules for Flexible HVDC System

Conference: PCIM Europe digital days 2020 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
07/07/2020 - 07/08/2020 at Deutschland

Proceedings: PCIM Europe digital days 2020

Pages: 8Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Deng, Erping (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources (North China Electric Power University), China & Chair of Power Electronics and EMC, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)
Chen, Jie; Zhao, Yushan; Zhao, Zixuan; Huang, Yongzhang (State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources (North China Electric Power University), China)

Abstract:
High power IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) module is the key component for the flexible HVDC transmission system. The 3300 V 1500 A power IGBT modules were applied to China flexible HVDC projects and should serve up to 30 years or even 40 years. In this paper, 6 IGBT modules (3300 V 1500 A) from three different manufacturers (2 from 1 manufacturer) are tested with the 90 kW 3000 A power cycling test bench to evaluate the long term reliability at 2 different test conditions. One test is with the same load current from the application point of view. Another test is from reliability viewpoint with same junction temperature swing that the long term lifetime of power electronics mainly depends on junction temperature swing according to Coffin-Manson theory. The results show that IGBT modules from manufacturer B and C have similar reliability performance and A is the best with two test conditions. This can give guidance for users to choose the proper IGBT modules according to their applications.