Design and test of a variable topology converter for electric motor drive applications

The design considerations for a high power variable topology converter, which has been built and tested as part of an electric drive test bed project are presented. The main features of the power converter is its ready re-configurability to drive a wide variety of electric machines with minimum hard...

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Published inIAS '96. Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE Industry Applications Conference Thirty-First IAS Annual Meeting Vol. 1; pp. 54 - 59 vol.1
Main Authors Essah, D.N., O'Connell, R.M., Wallace, R.S.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1996
Subjects
Circuit topology
Electric motors
Electronic equipment testing
Power electronics
Power semiconductor switches
Reluctance motors
Semiconductor diodes
Switching circuits
Switching converters
Voltage
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Summary:The design considerations for a high power variable topology converter, which has been built and tested as part of an electric drive test bed project are presented. The main features of the power converter is its ready re-configurability to drive a wide variety of electric machines with minimum hardware changes. The switch topology, power electronic device selection, gate drive design, and details of the switch control and protection circuit are explained. An experimental setup used to evaluate the new topology is also described.
ISBN:9780780335448
0780335449
ISSN:0197-2618
2576-702X
DOI:10.1109/IAS.1996.556997