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Convenient Thermal Modeling for Loss Distribution method of 3-Level Active NPC Inverter using Newton's Law of cooling

Active NPC 인버터의 손실 분배 제어를 위한 뉴턴의 냉각법칙 기반의 간단한 열 모델링 기법

  • Received : 2015.08.06
  • Accepted : 2015.09.10
  • Published : 2015.09.30
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Abstract

This paper proposes a convenient thermal modeling method for loss distribution control method of 3-level Active NPC(Neutral Point Clamped) inverter. In the drawback of conventional 3-level NPC, the generated losses can occur unbalance in each switching device, as a result, thermal utilization of designed system has been decreased. In order to compensate unbalanced losses, Active NPC inverter performed loss balancing control with thermal modeling during operation of each switching device. Therefore, this paper deals with a convenient thermal modeling method based on newton's law of cooling rather than conventional thermal modeling method. Both simulation and experimental results based on 10kW 3-level Active NPC inverter confirm the validity of the analysis performed in the study.

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