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Online Failure Diagnostic in Full-Bridge Module for Optimum Setup of an IGBT-Based Multilevel Inverter

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  • Juan Carlos Iglesias-Rojas

    (Instituto Politécnico Nacional—ESIME Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico)

  • Erick Velázquez-Lozada

    (Instituto Politécnico Nacional—ESIME Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico)

  • Roberto Baca-Arroyo

    (Instituto Politécnico Nacional—ESIME Zacatenco, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Alcaldía Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico)

Abstract

An online failure diagnostic test is essential to ensure the robustness and reliability of high-powered systems. Furthermore, the overall design must comprise diagnostic strategies to detect in-service and high-powered module defects. This paper describes the critical failure mechanisms––cross-conduction, inductive avalanche, second turn-on, VS-undershoot, inrush current, and thermal runaway––that directly affect insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) operation. The constructed inverter contains 18 transformer-based taps (six per phase); however, this work studied a single tap (IGBT-based full-bridge module) to understand the reasons for failure and the routes to mitigate them. Moreover, a cost-effective solution using the IR2127STRPBF driver circuit was implemented to reduce the probability of thermal runaway in case of overcurrent, short-circuit, or avalanche events. For this reason, the electrical current state was adjusted using an FPGA digital resource to perform dynamic PWM control signals. The obtained correlation waveforms are valuable for verifying diagnostic data at the design stage to emphasize the significance of evading premature failure events. The comprehensive study on failure diagnosis enabled successful design strategies to construct a robust 45 kVA three-phase multilevel inverter for a 22 kW eolic-photovoltaic generation plant.

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  • Juan Carlos Iglesias-Rojas & Erick Velázquez-Lozada & Roberto Baca-Arroyo, 2022. "Online Failure Diagnostic in Full-Bridge Module for Optimum Setup of an IGBT-Based Multilevel Inverter," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:14:p:5203-:d:865654
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