5-level double-boost PFC with fault-tolerant capability

Author

Pham, Linh ; Richardeau, Frédéric ; Helali, Hassan ; Gateau, Guillaume ; Cousineau, Marc ; Iturriz, M.

Author_Institution

LAPLACE (Lab. Plasma Et Conversion D´´energie), Univ. De Toulouse, Toulouse, France

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

A new 5-level non-differential PFC topology with fault tolerant capability is presented and compared to known structures. It is derived from a 3-level double-boost PFC. The series-connection of the two low-voltage switching-cells decoupled by a single flying capacitor provides a fault-tolerant capability and a post failure operation increasing the availability of converter. The most important features are highlighted. Moreover, a AC115V - DC400V - 4 kW - 2 times 48 kHz mock-up was built to validated studies. A preliminary analysis is also presented on the physical / electrical failure mode of a 600V/60A CoolMostrade taking into account the post-failure stability from a series redundancy standpoint.

Keywords

fault tolerance; power convertors; power factor correction; 5-level double-boost power factor correction; 5-level nondifferential PFC topology; CoolMos; current 60 A; electrical failure mode; fault tolerant capability; physical failure mode; post failure operation; power 4 kW; power convertor; voltage 115 V; voltage 400 V; voltage 600 V; Clamps; Diodes; Fault tolerance; Inductors; Phase modulation; Pulse width modulation; Rectifiers; Redundancy; Topology; Voltage; Fault handling strategy; Multilevel converters; Power factor correction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4432-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-90-75815-13-9

Type

conf

Filename

5279173