The simulation study of the short-circuit current of the voltage source inverter

Author

Hai Liu ; Chen, J.Y. ; Shen, Dong ; Han, Y.D. ; Li, C.Y. ; Liu, Y.X. ; Zhu, Q.X.

Author_Institution

Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

507

Abstract

In the voltage source inverter, a suitable circuit designed to protect the inverter against a short-circuit fault is a critical problem, because such a fault will cause permanent damage of the system. Recently a new bias loop overcurrent limiting circuit was proposed. In this paper, both computer simulation and circuit experiments are used to investigate its effectiveness and the influence of the reverse recovery characteristic of the diode on the protecting process. Both results show, with a carefully chosen GTO turn-off time, the new approach is preferred

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; circuit analysis computing; current limiters; invertors; overcurrent protection; power semiconductor diodes; power semiconductor switches; short-circuit currents; switching circuits; thyristor convertors; GTO turn-off time; bias loop overcurrent limiting circuit; circuit experiments; computer simulation; diode reverse recovery characteristic; short-circuit current; short-circuit fault protection; voltage source inverter; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Diodes; Fault currents; Inverters; Power system simulation; Predictive models; Protection; Thyristors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.552935

Filename

552935