Design and Evaluation of a 33-kW PEBB Module for Distributed Power Electronics Conversion Systems

Author

Ghizoni, D. ; Burgos, R. ; Francis, G. ; Guo, J. ; Ma, X. ; Solero, L. ; Wang, F. ; Boroyevich, D. ; Cartes, D.A.

Author_Institution

Center for Power Electron. Syst., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA

fYear

2005

fDate

16-16 June 2005

Firstpage

530

Lastpage

536

Abstract

The power electronics building blocks (PEBB) concept has evolved into an alternative to conventional power converter design, and many industries have adopted this concept. This paper outlines the design process of a 33 kW PEBB, from power stage design and component selection to the design of the hardware manager board. The hardware manager encompasses the intelligence behind the PEBB, managing control commands and sensing functions, as well as local protection schemes. Finally, the paper shows thorough experimental evaluation of the PEBB module in standalone and system tests

Keywords

power convertors; 33 kW; distributed power electronic systems; hardware manager board; power stage design; protection schemes; sensing functions; Communication system control; DC-DC power converters; Energy management; Hardware; Power electronics; Power system management; Power system protection; Process design; System testing; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2005. PESC '05. IEEE 36th

Conference_Location

Recife

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9033-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2005.1581676

Filename

1581676