Advanced Power Converter Design for Medium-Voltage Cascaded H-bridge Motor Drives

适用于中压级联 H 桥电机驱动的先进电源转换器设计

• 批准号: 537284-2018
• 负责人: Narimani, Mehdi
• 金额: $ 7.36万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699349
• 关键词: Advanced; Power; Converter; Design; Medium

The medium-voltage (MV) drives have found a wide range of industrial applications such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, transportation, mining, power generation and utilities, and other applications. Due to the rapid industrialization and consumers demand, the use of MV drives and its power capacity is continuously growing globally. The proposed five-year project will focus on developing efficient, low-cost, compact size, and reliable advanced high-power conversion systems for MV motor drives. This research project will develop power cells with an optimum cell voltage of 750-780 V to reduce the converter size and manufacturing cost, and new SiC based power cells with a modular structure to operate at higher switching frequencies without degrading the converter efficiency. At the same time, there is an improvement in the output power quality. Also, advanced control techniques will be developed to minimize the power fluctuations, which help to develop the power cells with a new film capacitor technology. This technology improves the reliability and lifetime of DC capacitors and reduces its size. Finally, new thermal management systems will be developed to improve its reliability and allow the drives to operate continuously for long hours without any disruption in the production. In addition, new electrical and mechanical layout will be developed to integrate the power cells and thermal management systems such that a new compact, efficient, and reliable drive technology will be developed for Rockwell Automation, Canada. This project will yield significant benefit to Rockwell Automation Canada and provide a path forward with a more reliable and cost effective product and help them achieve a higher market share. The project will also foster a talent pool of well-trained and highly-skilled graduates and researchers with hands-on experience. Rockwell Automation Canada is a company that works on a wide range of power system applications. They have products in motor drive systems for low power and high power applications. This company has a medium voltage drive department manufacturing medium-voltage high-power current source converters for drives application. The company is among the top 5 Medium Voltage Drive manufacturers in the world and their products are shipped globally. They have plans to expand their product breadth and access new markets (higher voltage and higher powers).

中型电压（MV）驱动器发现了各种各样的工业应用，例如石油和天然气，石化，运输，采矿，发电和公用事业以及其他应用。由于工业化的迅速和消费者的要求，MV驱动器的使用及其功率能力在全球范围内不断增长。 拟议的五年项目将着重于为MV电动机驱动器开发高效，低成本，紧凑的大小和可靠的高级高功率转换系统。该研究项目将开发具有最佳电池电压为750-780 V的动力电池，以降低转换器的尺寸和制造成本，以及具有模块化结构的新的基于SIC的电池，可在较高的开关频率下运行，而不会降低转换器效率。同时，输出功率质量也有所提高。此外，将开发高级控制技术以最大程度地减少功率波动，从而有助于使用新的膜电容器技术开发电池。该技术可提高直流电容器的可靠性和寿命，并降低其尺寸。最后，将开发新的热管理系统来提高其可靠性，并允许驱动器连续运行长时间，而不会在生产中造成任何干扰。此外，将开发新的电气和机械布局，以整合电池和热管理系统，从而为加拿大的Rockwell Automation开发新的紧凑，高效和可靠的驱动技术。该项目将为加拿大Rockwell Automation带来巨大的好处，并提供更可靠和更具成本效益的产品的前进，并帮助他们实现更高的市场份额。该项目还将培养有训练有素且高技能的毕业生和具有动手经验的研究人员的人才库。 Rockwell Automation Canada是一家从事各种电力系统应用程序的公司。他们在运动驱动系统中具有用于低功率和高功率应用的产品。该公司拥有一个中型电压驱动部制造中等电压高功率电流源转换器，用于驱动应用程序。该公司是全球前5名中型电压驱动器制造商之一，其产品已在全球范围内运送。他们计划扩大产品广度并进入新市场（更高的电压和更高的功率）。