• DocumentCode
    1811573
  • Title

    Improving the efficiency of AC-drives

  • Author

    Rossa, Adalberto Jose ; Vogel, Klaus

  • Author_Institution
    Infineon Technol. AG, Warstein, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-31 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    962
  • Lastpage
    967
  • Abstract
    New standards for power losses measurement for variable speed drives are presented. The power losses of typical variable speed drives are analyzed and future alternatives to increase their efficiency investigated. Solutions with Silicon (Si) technology in Three-Level topology or Silicon Carbide (SiC) switches in Two-Level circuit are possibilities to increase the inverter efficiency.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; invertors; silicon; silicon compounds; variable speed drives; wide band gap semiconductors; AC-drive efficiency; SiC; inverter efficiency; power loss measurement; silicon carbide switches; silicon technology; three-level topology; two-level circuit; variable speed drives; Elevators; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Silicon carbide; Standards; Switching frequency; Topology; high-speed motor drives; inverter; inverter electrical efficiency; motor drives for elevators; variable speed drives;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Conference (COBEP), 2013 Brazilian
  • Conference_Location
    Gramado
  • ISSN
    2175-8603
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COBEP.2013.6785231
  • Filename
    6785231