Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications
Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET power module has become commercially available in the past few years, and it is attractive in solid state transformers (SSTs) applications to replace Silicon (Si)-based IGBTs. This paper is focused on the efficiency comparison between a SiC MOSFET-based three-port active...
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| author | Wang, Zhenyi Castellazzi, Alberto Saeed, Sarah Navarro-Rodríguez, Ángel Garcia, Pablo |
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| description | Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET power module has become commercially available in the past few years, and it is attractive in solid state transformers (SSTs) applications to replace Silicon (Si)-based IGBTs. This paper is focused on the efficiency comparison between a SiC MOSFET-based three-port active bridge converter (TAB) and a Si IGBT-based approach. The efficiency of the overall system, being one of its ports connected to the energy storage element (Lithium-Ion battery), is tested and analyzed. By swapping the switching frequency of the device, a significant efficiency improvement can be observed by SiC power devices. Experimental results indicated that an efficiency increment of around 2% can be brought by SiC MOSFET. Moreover, the battery losses can be reduced by a maximum of 8% with the increased switching frequency. |
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| spelling | nottingham-415102020-05-04T18:22:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41510/ Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications Wang, Zhenyi Castellazzi, Alberto Saeed, Sarah Navarro-Rodríguez, Ángel Garcia, Pablo Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET power module has become commercially available in the past few years, and it is attractive in solid state transformers (SSTs) applications to replace Silicon (Si)-based IGBTs. This paper is focused on the efficiency comparison between a SiC MOSFET-based three-port active bridge converter (TAB) and a Si IGBT-based approach. The efficiency of the overall system, being one of its ports connected to the energy storage element (Lithium-Ion battery), is tested and analyzed. By swapping the switching frequency of the device, a significant efficiency improvement can be observed by SiC power devices. Experimental results indicated that an efficiency increment of around 2% can be brought by SiC MOSFET. Moreover, the battery losses can be reduced by a maximum of 8% with the increased switching frequency. 2016-11-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Wang, Zhenyi, Castellazzi, Alberto, Saeed, Sarah, Navarro-Rodríguez, Ángel and Garcia, Pablo (2016) Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications. In: 4th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA 2016), 7-9 Nov 2016, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Silicon carbide Solid state transformer Three-port active bridge converter Energy storage Efficiency http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7799914/ |
| spellingShingle | Silicon carbide Solid state transformer Three-port active bridge converter Energy storage Efficiency Wang, Zhenyi Castellazzi, Alberto Saeed, Sarah Navarro-Rodríguez, Ángel Garcia, Pablo Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| title | Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| title_full | Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| title_fullStr | Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| title_short | Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| title_sort | impact of sic technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications |
| topic | Silicon carbide Solid state transformer Three-port active bridge converter Energy storage Efficiency |
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