Energy saving potential of WBG-commercial power converters in different applications

This work estimates the yearly global energy savings potential of different power electronics applications featuring commercial wide bandgap (WBG)-based power converters. It is the first study analyzing real products in the market. We show that WBG-based products exhibit considerable energy-saving p...

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Published in2023 25th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'23 ECCE Europe) pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Spejo, Lucas B., Nonis, Erik, Schulz, Nicola, Minamisawa, Renato A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published EPE Association 04.09.2023
Subjects
Device application
Efficiency
Electric potential
Energy conservation
Europe
Gallium Nitride (GaN)
Performance evaluation
Photonic band gap
Photovoltaic systems
Power losses
Silicon carbide
Silicon Carbide (SiC)
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Summary:This work estimates the yearly global energy savings potential of different power electronics applications featuring commercial wide bandgap (WBG)-based power converters. It is the first study analyzing real products in the market. We show that WBG-based products exhibit considerable energy-saving potential in all investigated applications. Further, because of the large annual increase of installed photovoltaic (PV) and electric vehicle (EV)-charger converters, we estimate future energy-saving potential.
DOI:10.23919/EPE23ECCEEurope58414.2023.10264553