Soft-Switching Three-Level Chopper-Inverter for High-Power Applications

  • Lee, D.H. (Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA) ;
  • Peng, D. (Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA) ;
  • Lee, F.C. (Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA) ;
  • Borojevic, D. (Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA)
  • Published : 1998.10.01

Abstract

A soft-switching three-level chopper-inverter system was built for high-power applications like Power Conditioning System (PCS) for Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES). The system can handle 1800-VDC, 200-A peak, and 250-kW output power. The system was designed to operate with 20-KHz PWM operation with the aid of state-of-the-art zero-current transition type soft-switching. The system is based on the Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) concept.

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