Journal of Power Electronics

  • 제11권4호
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  • Pages.606-611
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  • 2011
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  • 1598-2092(pISSN)
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  • 2093-4718(eISSN)
전력전자학회 (The Korean Institute of Power Electronics)
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Z-Source Inverter with SiC Power Semiconductor Devices for Fuel Cell Vehicle Applications

  • Aghdam, M. Ghasem Hosseini (Research and Development Center, Huawei Technologies Sweden AB)
  • 투고 : 2010.12.18
  • 발행 : 2011.07.20
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Power electronics is a key technology for electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. Typical power electronics converters used in electric drive vehicles include dc/dc converters, inverters, and battery chargers. New semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and novel topologies such as the Z-source inverter (ZSI) have a great deal of potential to improve the overall performance of these vehicles. In this paper, a Z-source inverter for fuel cell vehicle application is examined under three different scenarios. 1. a ZSI with Si IGBT modules, 2. a ZSI with hybrid modules, Si IGBTs/SiC Schottky diodes, and 3. a ZSI with SiC MOSFETs/SiC Schottky diodes. Then, a comparison of the three scenarios is conducted. Conduction loss, switching loss, reverse recovery loss, and efficiency are considered for comparison. A conclusion is drawn that the SiC devices can improve the inverter and inverter-motor efficiency, and reduce the system size and cost due to the low loss properties of SiC devices. A comparison between a ZSI and traditional PWM inverters with SiC devices is also presented in this paper. Based on this comparison, the Z-source inverter produces the highest efficiency.

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