Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs
This paper presents an optimized design of 12kW 2L-FB inverter for small-scale wind turbine, taking into account some specific behavioral features of SiC power MOSFETs. Power converters used in renewable energy conversion have to deal with intermittent and variable power availability from the source...
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| author | Hussein, Abdallah Castellazzi, Alberto |
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| description | This paper presents an optimized design of 12kW 2L-FB inverter for small-scale wind turbine, taking into account some specific behavioral features of SiC power MOSFETs. Power converters used in renewable energy conversion have to deal with intermittent and variable power availability from the source, which implies that they actually work at their maximum rated power for only a small fraction of their operational time. Still, traditional thermal management design of power modules has to refer to maximum load conditions. SiC-MOSFETs exhibit a very stable performance over a broad temperature range [1-3]; this feature enables to design the cooling device for nominal operational conditions, typically corresponding to a much lower than maximum power rating. When this capability is added to the decrease in the size of passive filter elements, which can be gained by the higher switching frequency capability of SiC MOSFETs, the result is a significant increase of the converter powe, density. |
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| spelling | nottingham-483492020-05-04T18:57:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48349/ Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs Hussein, Abdallah Castellazzi, Alberto This paper presents an optimized design of 12kW 2L-FB inverter for small-scale wind turbine, taking into account some specific behavioral features of SiC power MOSFETs. Power converters used in renewable energy conversion have to deal with intermittent and variable power availability from the source, which implies that they actually work at their maximum rated power for only a small fraction of their operational time. Still, traditional thermal management design of power modules has to refer to maximum load conditions. SiC-MOSFETs exhibit a very stable performance over a broad temperature range [1-3]; this feature enables to design the cooling device for nominal operational conditions, typically corresponding to a much lower than maximum power rating. When this capability is added to the decrease in the size of passive filter elements, which can be gained by the higher switching frequency capability of SiC MOSFETs, the result is a significant increase of the converter powe, density. 2017-07-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Hussein, Abdallah and Castellazzi, Alberto (2017) Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs. In: International Future Energy Electronics Conference 2017 - ECCE Asia (IFEEC 2017 - ECCE Asia), 3-7 June 2017, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Small-scale wind turbine; Wind speed distribution; Thermal management; SiC-MOSFETs; Two-level converters http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7992108/ |
| spellingShingle | Small-scale wind turbine; Wind speed distribution; Thermal management; SiC-MOSFETs; Two-level converters Hussein, Abdallah Castellazzi, Alberto Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs |
| title | Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs |
| title_full | Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs |
| title_fullStr | Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs |
| title_short | Optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using SiC-MOSFETs |
| title_sort | optimization of thermal management and power density of small-scale wind turbine applications using sic-mosfets |
| topic | Small-scale wind turbine; Wind speed distribution; Thermal management; SiC-MOSFETs; Two-level converters |
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