Title :
Design of a high power density multilevel phase module for MW-scale renewable energy applications
Author :
Bryant, A.T. ; Roberts, G.J. ; Hill, S.M. ; Goldney, A.P. ; Somesha, S. ; Sanders, A. ; Edwards, A.J. ; Starkey, J.P. ; Hinchley, D.A.
Author_Institution :
Converteam UK Ltd., Rugby, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes briefly the design of a MW-scale converter phase module with high power density for use in renewable energy applications. Key aspects of the design process are reported, including laminated busbar design in FastHenry and MATLAB/Simulink, device loss and temperature modelling in PLECS, and air cooling thermal calculations in CFDesign.
Keywords :
busbars; cooling; design engineering; phase convertors; CFDesign; FastHenry; MW-scale converter phase module; MW-scale renewable energy applications; Matlab-Simulink; PLECS; air cooling thermal calculations; design process; device loss; high-power density multilevel phase module; laminated busbar design; temperature modelling; junction temperatures; renewable energy; semiconductor modelling; stray inductance;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012), 6th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bristol
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-616-1
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2012.0233
