Advanced three level active neutral point converter with fault tolerant capabilities

Ramin Katebi; Andrew Stark; Jiangbiao He; Nathan Weise

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854832

Advanced three level active neutral point converter with fault tolerant capabilities

Ramin Katebi, Andrew Stark, Jiangbiao He, Nathan Weise

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

A novel fault-tolerant power converter topology is developed based on conventional active neutral point clamped (ANPC) converter. The effect on converter performance due to open/short circuit faults of power devices is investigated. By leveraging the redundant leg in the proposed topology, the lost voltage vectors in the space vector diagram can be restored. This new fault-tolerant topology is capable of maintaining the full output voltage and maximum modulation index during post-fault operation stage. A 25-kW converter prototype based on using 1.2kV SiC MOSFETs has been built in the laboratory, and the experimental results verified the efficacy of the proposed fault-tolerant ANPC converter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509007370
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854832
State	Published - 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016 - Milwaukee, United States Duration: Sep 18 2016 → Sep 22 2016

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Name	ECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

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Conference	2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Milwaukee
Period	9/18/16 → 9/22/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Control and Optimization

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Katebi, R, Stark, A, He, J & Weise, N 2016, Advanced three level active neutral point converter with fault tolerant capabilities. in ECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings., 7854832, ECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings, 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016, Milwaukee, United States, 9/18/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854832

Advanced three level active neutral point converter with fault tolerant capabilities. / Katebi, Ramin; Stark, Andrew; He, Jiangbiao et al.
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