Comparison of traditional inverters and Z-source inverter for fuel cell vehicles

Author

Shen, Miaosen ; Joseph, Alan ; Wang, Jin ; Peng, Fang Z. ; Adams, Donald J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

21-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

132

Abstract

In This work, three different inverters: traditional PWM inverter, DC/DC boosted PWM inverter, and Z-source inverter for fuel cell vehicles were investigated. Total switching device power of each of these inverters was calculated. For purposes of comparison, an example of the total switching device power, requirement of passive components, efficiency, and the constant power speed ratio of the different inverters powered by the same fuel cell and loaded by the same motor were conducted. This comparison shows that the Z-source inverter is very promising for fuel cell vehicles.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; PWM invertors; PWM power convertors; fuel cell vehicles; switching convertors; traction motors; DC-DC boosted PWM inverter; Z-source inverter; constant power speed ratio; fuel cell vehicles; passive components; switching device power; traction motor; Automotive engineering; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Power engineering and energy; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Stress; Topology; Traction motors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics in Transportation, 2004

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8538-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PET.2004.1393815

Filename

1393815