Large power three-level voltage source inverter with IGCTs and the experiment

Author

Wang, Chengsheng ; Li, Chongjian ; Li, Yaohua ; Zhu, Chunyi ; Lan, Zhiming

Author_Institution

Autom. Res. & Design Inst. of Metall. Ind., Beijing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

12-16 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

2087

Lastpage

2090

Abstract

IGCTs have the features of high current, high voltage, high reliability, compact structure and low loss. They have been widely used in large power voltage source inverter systems now, and they have extensive application prospect. In the paper, the large power three-level converter with IGCTs is introduced. Then with a series experiments, the converter is tested. The efficiency of the converter is also investigated. The experiment result shows that the output power of the large power three-level converter with IGCTs is in the same level as the similar converters in the world. And the converter shows excellent performance in driving a linear motor in a traction system.

Keywords

invertors; linear motors; power convertors; thyristor applications; traction motors; IGCT; large-power three-level converter; linear motor; three-level voltage source inverter; traction system; Converters; Inverters; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Rectifiers; Switches; IGCT; converter; efficiency; experiment; large power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5286-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5287-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618244

Filename

5618244