A Megawatt-Scale Medium-Voltage High Efficiency High Power Density 'SiC+Si' Hybrid Three-Level ANPC Inverter for Aircraft Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems

Di Zhang; Jiangbiao He; Di Pan

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558199

A Megawatt-Scale Medium-Voltage High Efficiency High Power Density 'SiC+Si' Hybrid Three-Level ANPC Inverter for Aircraft Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems

Di Zhang, Jiangbiao He, Di Pan

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Abstract

Hybrid-electric propulsion system is an enabling technology to make the aircrafts more fuel-saving, quieter, and lower carbide emission. In this paper, a megawatt-scale power inverter based on a three-level active neutral-point-clamped (3L-ANPC) topology will be developed. To achieve high efficiency, the switching devices operating at carrier frequency in the power converter are configured by the emerging Silicon Carbide (SiC) Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs), while the conventional Silicon (Si) Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) are selected for switches operating at the fundamental output frequency. To reduce system cable weight, the dc-bus voltage is increased to 2.4 kV. Unlike the conventional 400 Hz aircraft electric systems, the rated fundamental output frequency here is boosted to 1.4 kHz to drive the high-speed motor, which can also reduce system weight. Main hardware development and control modulation strategies are presented. Experimental results are presented to verify the performance of this MW-scale medium-voltage 'SiC+Si' hybrid three-level ANPC inverter. It is shown that the 1-MW 3L-ANPC inverter can achieve a high efficiency of 99% and high power density of 12 kVA/kg.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
Pages	806-813
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479973118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558199
State	Published - Dec 3 2018
Event	10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 - Portland, United States Duration: Sep 23 2018 → Sep 27 2018

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Name	2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018

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Conference	10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	9/23/18 → 9/27/18

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Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to express sincere thanks to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) for their partial financial support (NASA Grant No. NNC15CA29C and DOE Grant No. DE-EE0007252) for the work presented in this paper. Thanks are also expressed to all the colleagues at GE-GRC and GE Aviation who provided much support in the power converter tests. The authors would like to express sincere thanks to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) for their partial financial support (NASA Grant No. NNC15CA29C and DOE Grant No. DE-EE0007252) for the work presented in this paper. Thanks are also expressed to all the colleagues at GE-GRC and GE Aviation who provided much support in the power converter tests

Funders	Funder number
Michigan State University-U.S. Department of Energy (MSU-DOE) Plant Research Laboratory	DE-EE0007252, NNC15CA29C
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Keywords

ANPC inverter
High efficiency
High power density
Hybrid-electric propulsion systems
Silicon Carbide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Control and Optimization
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems and Management

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Zhang, D., He, J., & Pan, D. (2018). A Megawatt-Scale Medium-Voltage High Efficiency High Power Density 'SiC+Si' Hybrid Three-Level ANPC Inverter for Aircraft Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 (pp. 806-813). Article 8558199 (2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558199

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A Megawatt-Scale Medium-Voltage High Efficiency High Power Density 'SiC+Si' Hybrid Three-Level ANPC Inverter for Aircraft Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems. / Zhang, Di; He, Jiangbiao; Pan, Di.
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