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Jahdi, Saeed, Alatise, Olayiwola M. and Mawby, P. A. (Philip A.) (2014) The impact of silicon carbide technology on grid-connected Distributed Energy resources. In: 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE),, Lyngby, Denmark, 6-9 Oct 2013. Published in: 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), ISBN 9781479929849. doi:10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695233 ISSN 2165-4816 .
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695233
Abstract
Distributed Energy sources can be connected to the electrical grid using power electronic converters traditionally implemented in silicon insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), gate turn-off thyristors (GTOs) and PiN diodes. However, recently developed SiC technology can improve energy conversion efficiency as well as power density. To investigate the benefits provided by SiC technology, experimentally calibrated SiC MOSFET models have been modeled in multilevel voltage sourced converters (VSCs) to analyze the generated harmonics, converter temperature rise, switching losses and filtering requirements. Models show that converters implemented in SiC MOSFETs operate at 25-75% less temperature compared with silicon IGBTs, potentially simplifying cooling. Also, SiC MOSFETs generate ~2% less THD for the same switching frequency and can reduce the switching loss by up to 82% compared to silicon devices.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Silicon carbide, Metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors, Distributed generation of electric power, Analog-to-digital converters | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), | ||||
Publisher: | IEEE | ||||
ISBN: | 9781479929849 | ||||
ISSN: | 2165-4816 | ||||
Book Title: | IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2013 | ||||
Official Date: | 6 January 2014 | ||||
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DOI: | 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695233 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | © 2014 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 January 2022 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 January 2022 | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 2013 4th IEEE/PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Lyngby, Denmark | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 6-9 Oct 2013 |
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