Study on the over-current protection method of the large power inverter with IGCTs

Author

Wang Chengsheng ; Li Chongjian ; Zhu Chuyi ; Lan Zhiming ; Yang Qiongtao ; Duan Wei ; Li Fan

Author_Institution

Hybrid Process Ind. Autom. Syst. & Equip. Technol. State Key Lab., Autom. Res. & Design Inst. of Metall. Ind., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

2-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Large power three-level voltage source inverters with IGCTs are widely used in medium and large power drive systems now and have prospective future. Measures should be carefully taken to protect the inverter when over-current occurs due to every reason, especially that due to short circuit in the load or in the inverter itself. The short circuit process of the inverter with IGCTs is analyzed. With software simulation and experiment, the influence of some circuit parameters on the short circuit process is investigated. Then the schematic diagram of the inverter with over-current protection function is designed. System experiments show the inverter has excellent performance.

Keywords

electric drives; invertors; IGCT; circuit parameter; inverter schematic diagram; large-power drive systems; large-power three-level voltage source inverters; medium-power drive systems; over-current protection method; power inverter; short-circuit process; software simulation; Capacitors; Discharges (electric); Integrated circuit modeling; Inverters; Load modeling; Resistors; Surges; IGCT; inverter; large power; over-current; protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2013.6631940

Filename

6631940