Advanced control system for soft-switching IGBT converter for traction applications

Author

Tezak, Nikolas ; Puskaric, Mladen ; Cobanov, Neven

Author_Institution

Power Electron. & Control Dept., KONCAR Electr. Eng. Inst., Zagreb, Croatia

fYear

2014

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

257

Abstract

High performance control system, necessary to implement advanced concept for dominantly soft-switching based IGBT converter for traction applications, auxiliary power supply for light rail vehicles, is described with more detailed insight in some specific control solutions. Those control solutions, implemented by very compact hardware, based on DSP-FPGA digital core module, and its analogue module counterpart, enabled accomplishment of enhanced dynamic characteristics of the converter, as well as improvements with respect to the converter´s power density, as well as the achieved reduction of size and mass of the converter.

Keywords

digital signal processing chips; field programmable gate arrays; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power convertors; railways; traction power supplies; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; DSP-FPGA digital core module; advanced control system; auxiliary power supply; dynamic characteristics enhancement; light rail vehicle; power density; size reduction; soft-switching IGBT converter; traction application; Battery chargers; Choppers (circuits); Control systems; Frequency control; Pulse width modulation; Switching frequency; Voltage control; Advanced control system; Auxiliary power supply; DSP-FPGA application; Soft-Switching; Traction application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference and Exposition (PEMC), 2014 16th International

Conference_Location

Antalya

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPEMC.2014.6980721

Filename

6980721