Device evaluation and filter design for 20 kW inverter for hybrid electric vehicle applications

Author

Jing, X. ; Celanovic, I. ; Borojevic, D.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-23 Oct 1998

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

36

Abstract

In inverter design for electric vehicle applications there are several major requirements that should be met. The inverter should be able to operate bidirectionally with reasonably high efficiency under a high ambient temperature. Therefore it is critical to select the suitable main switches for the inverter. In this paper seven types of devices (including 3 dual IGBTs, 1 intelligent dual IGBT, 2 six-packed intelligent IGBTs and 1 intelligent dual MCT) have been evaluated with respect to efficiency and thermal management, under hard switching, ZVS and ZCS operating conditions. An input inverter EMI filter has been proposed and possible filter inverter interaction is being discussed. Favorable working frequencies for the devices under different conditions are given

Keywords

MOS-controlled thyristors; electric vehicles; electromagnetic interference; filters; insulated gate bipolar transistors; invertors; power semiconductor switches; switching circuits; thermal management (packaging); 20 kW; ZCS; ZVS; bidirectional operation; dual IGBT; filter design; filter inverter interaction; hard switching; high efficiency; hybrid electric vehicle; input inverter EMI filter; intelligent dual IGBT; intelligent dual MCT; inverter; six-packed intelligent IGBT; thermal management; Electromagnetic interference; Filters; Hybrid electric vehicles; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Switches; Temperature; Thermal management; Zero current switching; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics in Transportation, 1998

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4398-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PET.1998.731053

Filename

731053