Design and evaluation of A 150 kVA SiC MOSFET based three level TNPC phase-leg PEBB for aircraft motor driving application

Zhao Yuan; Amol Deshpande; Balaji Narayanasamy; Hongwu Peng; Asif Imran Emon; Reece Whitt; Bakhtiyar Mohammad Nafis; Fang Luo; David Huitink

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913071

Design and evaluation of A 150 kVA SiC MOSFET based three level TNPC phase-leg PEBB for aircraft motor driving application

Zhao Yuan
, Amol Deshpande
, Balaji Narayanasamy
, Hongwu Peng
, Asif Imran Emon
, Reece Whitt
, Bakhtiyar Mohammad Nafis
, Fang Luo
, David Huitink

Electrical Engineering

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a phase-leg of power electronic building block (PEBB) with 150-kVA rated power by using 3-level T-type neutral-point-clamped (3L-TNPC) inverter for high-speed motor drives. Model-based pre-design evaluations and power module selections are first introduced to evaluate the design feasibility and improve efficiency. Based on the selected power modules, a novel busbar structure is proposed with a stray inductance of 11.2 nH. Besides these, a novel non-metallic cold plate is designed and evaluated. It shows less weight and improved common-mode noise than the traditional aluminum-cast cold plate. In the end of the paper, continuous tests are carried out to demonstrate the performance of the designed PEBB system. The measured peak efficiency is 99.45% with 30 kHz switching frequency and the measured specific power is 35.36 kW/kg.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	6569-6574
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728103952
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913071
State	Published - Sep 2019
Event	11th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019 - Baltimore, United States Duration: Sep 29 2019 → Oct 3 2019

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Name	2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019

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Conference	11th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	09/29/19 → 10/3/19

Keywords

3-level
High efficiency
High power
Inverter
Laminated busbar
Neutral-point clamped (NPC)
Power-electronics building block
SiC MOSFET
Stray inductance
T-type

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Yuan, Z., Deshpande, A., Narayanasamy, B., Peng, H., Emon, A. I., Whitt, R., Nafis, B. M., Luo, F., & Huitink, D. (2019). Design and evaluation of A 150 kVA SiC MOSFET based three level TNPC phase-leg PEBB for aircraft motor driving application. In 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019 (pp. 6569-6574). Article 8913071 (2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913071

Yuan, Zhao ; Deshpande, Amol ; Narayanasamy, Balaji et al. / Design and evaluation of A 150 kVA SiC MOSFET based three level TNPC phase-leg PEBB for aircraft motor driving application. 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 6569-6574 (2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019).

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Design and evaluation of A 150 kVA SiC MOSFET based three level TNPC phase-leg PEBB for aircraft motor driving application. / Yuan, Zhao; Deshpande, Amol; Narayanasamy, Balaji et al.
2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 6569-6574 8913071 (2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2019).

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