TY - GEN
T1 - Losses calculation for medium voltage PWM current source rectifiers using different semiconductor devices
AU - Abdelsalam, Ahmed K.
AU - Masoud, Mahmoud I.
AU - Finney, Stephen J.
AU - Williams, Barry W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Initial characterizationo f the transformations ystemw as done in the laboratory of Dr. L. McIntosh at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, where the author was supported by a grant from the McKnightF oundation.A pplicationo f the system to PSII was done with colleagues W. F. J. Vermaas and H. B. Pakrasi at the Du Pont Co., under Dr. C. J. Arntzen. The author acknowledges the excellent technical assistance of D. A. Chisholm.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In this paper, a comparison of losses and size for three semiconductor devices suitable for medium voltage (2.4 kV, 3.3 kV and 6.6 kV) high power applications is presented. The comparison is made for medium voltage PWM current source rectifiers using a selective harmonic elimination technique. The devices compared are High Voltage Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (HVIGBT) and two types of hard-driven thyristors, namely, the Symmetrical Gate Commutated Thyristor (SGCT) and the Asymmetrical Gate Commutated Thyristor (AGCT). The study depends on practical devices, data sheets from well known semiconductor vendors, taking into account accurate discrimination between turn-off and recovery states.
AB - In this paper, a comparison of losses and size for three semiconductor devices suitable for medium voltage (2.4 kV, 3.3 kV and 6.6 kV) high power applications is presented. The comparison is made for medium voltage PWM current source rectifiers using a selective harmonic elimination technique. The devices compared are High Voltage Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (HVIGBT) and two types of hard-driven thyristors, namely, the Symmetrical Gate Commutated Thyristor (SGCT) and the Asymmetrical Gate Commutated Thyristor (AGCT). The study depends on practical devices, data sheets from well known semiconductor vendors, taking into account accurate discrimination between turn-off and recovery states.
KW - Current source rectifiers
KW - Losses calculations
KW - Medium voltage and semiconductors
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U2 - 10.1109/SPEEDHAM.2008.4581134
DO - 10.1109/SPEEDHAM.2008.4581134
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51849105989
SN - 9781424416646
T3 - SPEEDAM 2008 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion
SP - 1356
EP - 1362
BT - SPEEDAM 2008 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion
T2 - SPEEDAM 2008 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion
Y2 - 11 June 2008 through 13 June 2008
ER -