TY - GEN
T1 - An Application Analysis of Wide-Bandgap Device for Medium Voltage Wind Energy Conversion System
AU - Wu, Yuxuan
AU - Choksi, Kushan
AU - Mustafeez-Ul-Hassan,
AU - Luo, Fang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper presents a simulation-based study on analyzing the benefit of using medium voltage (MV) wide bandgap (WBG) devices for megawatt scale wind energy conversion systems (WECS). MV WBG devices available in the market are only silicon carbide (SiC) based MOSFET, and the application of those devices is majorly in the traction drives for aviation and navigation, which are weight and power density sensitive applications. WECS is less sensitive to the weight of the system compared to the cost. However, as the technology of MV SiC MOSFET is getting mature and the production increases, the price of MV SiC MOSFET will decrease. This paper is using a megawatts WECS as an example for simulation to study the benefit of using MV WBG devices over silicon based IGBT and IGCT for power conversion for wind generators in terms of converter topology, efficiency, cost, weight, and size.
AB - This paper presents a simulation-based study on analyzing the benefit of using medium voltage (MV) wide bandgap (WBG) devices for megawatt scale wind energy conversion systems (WECS). MV WBG devices available in the market are only silicon carbide (SiC) based MOSFET, and the application of those devices is majorly in the traction drives for aviation and navigation, which are weight and power density sensitive applications. WECS is less sensitive to the weight of the system compared to the cost. However, as the technology of MV SiC MOSFET is getting mature and the production increases, the price of MV SiC MOSFET will decrease. This paper is using a megawatts WECS as an example for simulation to study the benefit of using MV WBG devices over silicon based IGBT and IGCT for power conversion for wind generators in terms of converter topology, efficiency, cost, weight, and size.
KW - silicon carbide (SiC)
KW - Wide bandgap (WBG)
KW - Wind Energy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85142029315
U2 - 10.1109/PEDG54999.2022.9923079
DO - 10.1109/PEDG54999.2022.9923079
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85142029315
T3 - 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2022
BT - 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, PEDG 2022
Y2 - 26 June 2022 through 29 June 2022
ER -