Experimental results and design guidelines derived from the testing of a 2 MW, 250 Hz, auxiliary resonant commutated pole bi-directional converter

Author

Herbst, J.D. ; Thelen, R.F. ; Gattozzi, A.L. ; Williams, A.S.

Author_Institution

Center for Electromech., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1240

Lastpage

1246

Abstract

An auxiliary resonant commutated pole (ARCP) converter, rated for an output of 2 MW at 250 Hz, has been built and has undergone preliminary tests at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM). Experimental results are reported on its testing as the bi-directional link between a power DC bus and a flywheel energy storage system. Design issues encountered in the course of development of the converter and the system are discussed and some considerations are made regarding the application of soft-switching ARCP-type converters versus their hard-switched counterpart.

Keywords

commutation; flywheels; resonant power convertors; switching convertors; University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics; auxiliary resonant commutated pole bidirectional converter; flywheel energy storage system; frequency 250 Hz; power 2 MW; power DC bus; soft-switching application; Bidirectional control; Flywheels; Guidelines; Induction generators; Induction machines; Induction motors; Power generation; Resonance; Testing; Traction motors; ARCP converters; Resonant power converters; soft-switching converters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2008. APEC 2008. Twenty-Third Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1048-2334

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1873-2

Electronic_ISBN

1048-2334

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2008.4522881

Filename

4522881