Overview of power loss measurement techniques in power electronics systems

Author

Xiao, Chucheng ; Chen, Gang ; Odendaal, W.G.

Author_Institution

Center for Power Electron. Syst., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

13-18 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1352

Abstract

Measuring power loss accurately is of great importance for power electronics systems design and for assessing system performance and reliability. This paper reviews various power loss measurement techniques in power electronics systems. A brief overview of electrical methods for loss measurements is given. Calorimetric methods, the most accurate of all instruments for measuring power loss, are described along with their implementations. The pros and cons of various techniques are discussed and compared for estimating the losses in integrated power electronic modules (REM).

Keywords

calorimeters; calorimetry; loss measurement; modules; power electronics; calorimetric methods; electrical methods; integrated power electronic modules; power electronics systems; power loss measurement techniques; reliability; system performance; Current measurement; Electric variables measurement; Instruments; Loss measurement; Measurement techniques; Power electronics; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system reliability; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2002. 37th IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7420-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2002.1042733

Filename

1042733