Title :
Current status of multi-megawatt AC drives
Author :
Wu, Bin ; Song, Ping Gang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Univ., Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Multi-megawatt AC drives have been increasingly used in many industries to conserve electric energy, increase productivity and improve product quality. The paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of multi-megawatt AC drives developed by the world leading drive manufacturers. A variety of multilevel voltage source inverters (VSIs) and PWM current source inverters (CSIs) are analyzed. Advantages and drawbacks of these drives are highlighted. The paper provides a list of various multi-megawatt AC drives currently used in the field, where drive configurations, power ratings, semiconductor devices and manufacturers are summarized.
Keywords :
AC motor drives; PWM invertors; electrical products industry; semiconductor devices; PWM current source inverters; drive manufacturers; electric energy conservation; multilevel voltage source inverters; multimegawatt AC drives; power ratings; product quality; semiconductor devices; Costs; Diodes; Manufacturing industries; Productivity; Pulp manufacturing; Pulse width modulation converters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Rectifiers; Topology; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Technology, 2004. IEEE ICIT '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8662-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICIT.2004.1490330
