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A Real Time Model of Dynamic Thermal Response for 120kW IGBT Inverter

120kW급 IGBT 인버터의 열 응답 특성 실시간 모델

  • Im, Seokyeon (Dept. of Automotive Engineering, Tongmyong University) ;
  • Cha, Gangil (Samsung Electro-mechanics) ;
  • Yu, Sangseok (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2015.03.23
  • Accepted : 2015.04.30
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

As the power electronics system increases the frequency, the power loss and thermal management are paid more attention. This research presents a real time model of dissipation power with junction temperature response for 120kw IGBT inverter which is applied to the thermal management of high power IGBT inverter. Since the computational time is critical for real time simulation, look-up tables of IGBT module characteristic curve are implemented. The power loss from IGBT provides a clue to calculate the temperature of each module of IGBT. In this study, temperature of each layer in IGBT is predicted by lumped capacitance analysis of layers with convective heat transfer. The power loss and temperature of layers in IGBT is then communicated due to mutual dependence. In the dynamic model, PWM pulses are employed to calculation real time IGBT and diode power loss. Under Matlab/Simulink$^{(R)}$ environment, the dynamic model is validated with experiment. Results showed that the dynamic response of power loss is closely coupled with effective thermal management. The convective heat transfer is enough to achieve proper thermal management under guideline temperature.

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