Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications

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Wang, Zhenyi, Castellazzi, Alberto, Saeed, Sarah, Navarro-Rodríguez, Ángel and Garcia, Pablo (2016) Impact of SiC technology in a three-port active bridge converter for energy storage integrated solid state transformer applications. In: 4th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA 2016), 7-9 Nov 2016, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.

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Abstract

Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET power module has become commercially available in the past few years, and it is attractive in solid state transformers (SSTs) applications to replace Silicon (Si)-based IGBTs. This paper is focused on the efficiency comparison between a SiC MOSFET-based three-port active bridge converter (TAB) and a Si IGBT-based approach. The efficiency of the overall system, being one of its ports connected to the energy storage element (Lithium-Ion battery), is tested and analyzed. By swapping the switching frequency of the device, a significant efficiency improvement can be observed by SiC power devices. Experimental results indicated that an efficiency increment of around 2% can be brought by SiC MOSFET. Moreover, the battery losses can be reduced by a maximum of 8% with the increased switching frequency.

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RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/829719
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Keywords: Silicon carbide, Solid state transformer, Three-port active bridge converter, Energy storage, Efficiency
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Depositing User: Burns, Rebecca
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2017 10:54
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:22
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/41510

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