Title :
Comparison of Si and SiC inverters for IPM traction drive
Author :
Chinthavali, M. ; Otaduy, P. ; Ozpineci, B.
Author_Institution :
ORNL, Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
In this paper a comparison of performance of an hybrid electric vehicle with an all-silicon (Si), hybrid (Si and SiC), and an all-Silicon Carbide (SiC) inverters simulated for the standard US06 driving cycle is presented. The system model includes a motor/generator model, a boost converter model, and an inverter loss model developed using actual measured data. The drive train simulation results will provide an insight to the impact of SiC devices on overall system efficiency gains compared to Si devices over the drive cycle at different operating conditions.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; hybrid electric vehicles; invertors; permanent magnet motors; silicon; silicon compounds; traction motor drives; wide band gap semiconductors; IPM traction drive; Si; SiC; US06 driving cycle; boost converter model; drive train simulation; hybrid electric vehicle; interior permanent magnet motor drive; inverter loss model; inverters; motor-generator model; Computational modeling; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Inverters; Schottky diodes; Silicon; Silicon carbide; Vehicles; Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) motor drive; Silicon Carbide;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618319
