Failure mode analysis and protection of non-Regenerative three-level boost rectifier

Rixin Lai; Fred Wang; Fang Luo; Rolando Burgos; Dushan Boroyevich

doi:10.1109/APEC.2009.4802928

Failure mode analysis and protection of non-Regenerative three-level boost rectifier

Rixin Lai
, Fred Wang
, Fang Luo
, Rolando Burgos
, Dushan Boroyevich

Electrical Engineering

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Abstract

This paper identifies a new fault type of nonregenerative three-level boost rectifiers (Vienna-type rectifiers), namely the dc-link voltage-doubling fault. Under this failure mode, the voltage across the dc-link capacitors is doubled when any of the ac switches in the neutral path of the converter is shorted, a unique behavior of three-level neutral-point clamped topologies. Addressing this, two types of protection methods are proposed, discussed and analyzed in this paper, the voltage clamping and the current breaking protection schemes. The impact of the ac inductors on the voltage-doubling phenomenon is studied carefully, and a guideline for the protection scheme selection is provided. This failure mode and the current breaking protection scheme are fully analyzed and verified by simulation and experimental results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009
Pages	1886-1891
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2009.4802928
State	Published - 2009
Event	24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009 - Washington, DC, United States Duration: Feb 15 2009 → Feb 19 2009

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Conference	24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	02/15/09 → 02/19/09

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Lai, R., Wang, F., Luo, F., Burgos, R., & Boroyevich, D. (2009). Failure mode analysis and protection of non-Regenerative three-level boost rectifier. In 24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009 (pp. 1886-1891). Article 4802928 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2009.4802928

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Lai, R, Wang, F, Luo, F, Burgos, R & Boroyevich, D 2009, Failure mode analysis and protection of non-Regenerative three-level boost rectifier. in 24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009., 4802928, Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, pp. 1886-1891, 24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009, Washington, DC, United States, 02/15/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2009.4802928

Failure mode analysis and protection of non-Regenerative three-level boost rectifier. / Lai, Rixin; Wang, Fred; Luo, Fang et al.
24th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2009. 2009. p. 1886-1891 4802928 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC).

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