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Assessment of Efficiency and Reliability of Wide Band-Gap Based H8 Inverter in Electric Vehicle Applications

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  • Luca Concari

    (Zapi S.p.A., I-42028 Poviglio (RE), Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Davide Barater

    (Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, I-41125 Modena, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Andrea Toscani

    (Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, I-43124 Parma, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Carlo Concari

    (Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, I-43124 Parma, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Giovanni Franceschini

    (Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, I-41125 Modena, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Giampaolo Buticchi

    (Key Laboratory of More Electric Aircraft Technology of Zhejiang Province, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
    Current address: 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo 315100, China.
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Marco Liserre

    (Chair of Power Electronics, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • He Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of More Electric Aircraft Technology of Zhejiang Province, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the performance of a three-phase converter architecture with a reduced common mode voltage to be used in electric motor drives. Starting from the classical three-phase bridge architecture, two additional switches are inserted in the DC link, in order to decouple the source from the load during the freewheeling intervals. Ad-hoc modulation strategies are introduced and evaluated against the classical three-phase space vector modulation. Three main parameters are analyzed: common mode voltage, efficiency and reliability. Experimental measurements on a converter prototype are used to evaluate the common mode performance. The efficiency in the case of Si-IGBT and SiC-MOSFETs is experimentally evaluated. Reliability analysis performed with a Coffin-Mason model showed that the higher efficiency offered by the SiC devices allows for a marked extension of the lifetime.

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  • Luca Concari & Davide Barater & Andrea Toscani & Carlo Concari & Giovanni Franceschini & Giampaolo Buticchi & Marco Liserre & He Zhang, 2019. "Assessment of Efficiency and Reliability of Wide Band-Gap Based H8 Inverter in Electric Vehicle Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-17, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:10:p:1922-:d:232728
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    1. Robles, Endika & Fernandez, Markel & Andreu, Jon & Ibarra, Edorta & Zaragoza, Jordi & Ugalde, Unai, 2022. "Common-mode voltage mitigation in multiphase electric motor drive systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    2. Antoine Cizeron & Javier Ojeda & Eric Labouré & Olivier Béthoux, 2019. "Prediction of PWM-Induced Current Ripple in Subdivided Stator Windings Using Admittance Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-19, November.
    3. Jelena Loncarski & Vito Giuseppe Monopoli & Riccardo Leuzzi & Leposava Ristic & Francesco Cupertino, 2019. "Analytical and Simulation Fair Comparison of Three Level Si IGBT Based NPC Topologies and Two Level SiC MOSFET Based Topology for High Speed Drives," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-16, November.
    4. Giampaolo Buticchi & David Gerada & Luigi Alberti & Michael Galea & Pat Wheeler & Serhiy Bozhko & Sergei Peresada & He Zhang & Chengming Zhang & Chris Gerada, 2019. "Challenges of the Optimization of a High-Speed Induction Machine for Naval Applications," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-20, June.
    5. Robles, Endika & Fernandez, Markel & Andreu, Jon & Ibarra, Edorta & Ugalde, Unai, 2021. "Advanced power inverter topologies and modulation techniques for common-mode voltage elimination in electric motor drive systems," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
    6. Endika Robles & Markel Fernandez & Edorta Ibarra & Jon Andreu & Iñigo Kortabarria, 2019. "Mitigation of Common Mode Voltage Issues in Electric Vehicle Drive Systems by Means of an Alternative AC-Decoupling Power Converter Topology," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-27, August.
    7. Paweł Górecki & Krzysztof Górecki, 2020. "Analysis of the Usefulness Range of the Averaged Electrothermal Model of a Diode–Transistor Switch to Compute the Characteristics of the Boost Converter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-16, December.

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