On-state voltage drop based power limit detection of IGBT inverters

Ionut Trintis; Pramod Ghimire; Stig Munk-Nielsen; Bjørn Rannestad

doi:10.1109/EPE.2015.7311673

On-state voltage drop based power limit detection of IGBT inverters

Ionut Trintis, Pramod Ghimire, Stig Munk-Nielsen, Bjørn Rannestad

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Abstract

Power density is a key performance factor in order to reduce the cost and size of a power converter. Because of the unknown junction temperature, today’s design margins are relatively high to ensure safe and a reliable operation. In this paper, the on-state voltage drop is measured online for all insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) in the inverter, using advanced gate driver. The die temperature is estimated and monitored on each device during power converter operation. Based on the monitored temperature in real time, the maximum power capability is detected. The output power is increased until a safe operating temperature of power modules. This enable a power density is increased by 11.16 kW/litre to 19.13 kW/litre in a low voltage power stack which is typically used in wind power converters. Experiment results are shown for safe operation of converter at around 1.2 MW, which is built in a standard
size for the 600 - 700 kW. Furthermore, the 1700 V, 1000 A power module is replaced with a 1400 A module to increase the load current.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe)
Number of pages	9
Place of Publication	Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	Sept 2015
Pages	1-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2015.7311673
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015
Event	17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE-ECCE Europe 2015 - Centre International de Conférence Genève (CICG), 17 rue Varembé CH . 1211 Genève 20, Geneva, Switzerland Duration: 8 Sept 2015 → 10 Sept 2015

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Conference	17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE-ECCE Europe 2015
Location	Centre International de Conférence Genève (CICG), 17 rue Varembé CH . 1211 Genève 20
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Geneva
Period	08/09/2015 → 10/09/2015

Keywords

Power density
Junction temperature
IGBT
Gate driving
Online monitoring

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Trintis, I, Ghimire, P, Munk-Nielsen, S & Rannestad, B 2015, On-state voltage drop based power limit detection of IGBT inverters. in Proceedings of the 2015 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe). IEEE Press, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1-9, 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE-ECCE Europe 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, 08/09/2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE.2015.7311673

On-state voltage drop based power limit detection of IGBT inverters. / Trintis, Ionut; Ghimire, Pramod; Munk-Nielsen, Stig et al.
Proceedings of the 2015 17th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'15 ECCE-Europe). Geneva, Switzerland: IEEE Press, 2015. p. 1-9.

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