• DocumentCode
    2755144
  • Title

    Fault detection and reconfiguration strategy for ANPC converters

  • Author

    Fazio, Peppino ; Marchesoni, Mario ; Parodi, Gianluca

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Genova, Genoa, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-6 Sept. 2012
  • Abstract
    Active Neutral Point Clamped (ANPC) topology is an optimization of NPC converter and is very attractive in medium-voltage applications. In this paper, a new solution able to detect any type of power semiconductor switch fault inside the ANPC converter is proposed. This strategy allows to achieve fault tolerance of ANPC converter without alteration of the converter architecture, owing to the insertion of three couples of Rogowski coils in the six clamp branches.
  • Keywords
    coils; fault diagnosis; power convertors; power semiconductor switches; ANPC converter fault tolerance; ANPC topology; Rogowski coils; active neutral point clamped topology; fault detection strategy; fault reconfiguration strategy; medium-voltage applications; power semiconductor switch fault; six clamp branches; Circuit faults; Fault detection; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Medium voltage; Power electronics; Switches; ANPC; Fault tolerance; Medium-Voltage Drive;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), 2012 15th International
  • Conference_Location
    Novi Sad
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1970-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1971-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPEPEMC.2012.6397217
  • Filename
    6397217