Application of 1.7-kV 700-A SiC LinPak to Optimize LCL Grid-Tied Converters

Conference paper (2019)

Authors

Ki-Bum Park ABB Corporate Research Center - Switzerland
Ralph M. Burkart ABB Corporate Research Center - Switzerland
Bruno Agostini ABB Corporate Research Center - Switzerland
Thiago B. Soeiro DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage - EEMCS
Research Group
DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
SiC MOSFET Cooling Grid-tied converter Paralleling
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Electrical Sustainable Energy

Research Group

DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage

Abstract

The current rating of SiC MOSFETs has been increased ever since its introduction. Yet, high current modules for 690-V and beyond grid applications, which would enable the realization of megawatt range converters, are not readily commercially available. Recently, a new high current 1.7-kV SiC MOSFET module suitable for hard-parallel connection to increase the current rating has been introduced. This paper investigates the system-level benefit of this module for a 2-level 690-V 1-MW grid-tied converter regarding achievable efficiency and power density and benchmarks the results against the achievable performance with conventional Si IGBTs. The study analyzes in detail the impact of the number of paralleled modules, the choice of the cooling system and the filter design.

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