A 4 kV/120 A SiC Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker Powered By a Load-Independent IPT System

Zhao, Shuyan; Dongye, Zhonghao; Wang, Yao; Zan, Xin; Zhang, Hua; Zhang, Sheng; Lu, Xiaonan; Avestruz, Al-Thaddeus; Lu, Fei

doi:10.1109/tia.2021.3084130

A 4 kV/120 A SiC Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker Powered By a Load-Independent IPT System

Journal Article · Thu May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2021.3084130· OSTI ID:1869069

^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[1]; Zhang, Sheng ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[2]; ^[1]

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)

This article introduces a 4 kV/120 A solid-state dc circuit breaker (DCCB) based on discrete SiC mosfets. The DCCB is designed in a five-layer tower structure. Each layer consists of a circular main conduction branch and an attached gate driver. There are two primary benefits of the proposed DCCB. First, it reduces conduction loss with multiple devices in parallel. Second, it achieves an ultrafast response speed with SiC mosfets. Moreover, the gate drivers of the DCCB are powered by a domino inductive power transfer (IPT) system. It achieves the load-independent constant-voltage output characteristics, which means the outputs are immune to load variations. Additionally, an IPT system prototype is implemented to test the power transfer performance. At 500-kHz frequency, the total output power reaches 15.73 W, which is sufficient to power on five gate drivers, with a peak transfer efficiency of 75.4%. The IPT system is tested to power a 4 kV/120 A DCCB prototype. It validates that the DCCB is effective to turn off 120 A current within 3.5 μs.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AR0001114

OSTI ID:: 1869069

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 58; ISSN 0093-9994

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (24)

Robustness test and failure analysis of IGBT modules during turn-off Urresti-Ibañez, J.; Castellazzi, A.; Piton, M. Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 47, Issue 9-11 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2007.07.097	journal	September 2007
Extraction of dynamic avalanche during IGBT turn off Geissmann, Silvan; Michielis, L. De; Corvasce, Ch. Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 76-77 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2017.08.008	journal	September 2017
Long‐distance wireless power transfer system powering multiple loads with constant voltage outputs using S‐SP compensation Cheng, Chenwen; Zhou, Zhe; Li, Weiguo IET Power Electronics, Vol. 13, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2019.0880	journal	July 2020
A review of technologies for MVDC circuit breakers Pei, X.; Cwikowski, O.; Vilchis-Rodriguez, D. S. IECON 2016 - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2016.7793492	conference	October 2016
Review of Load-Independent Constant-Current and Constant-Voltage Topologies for Domino-Type Multiple-Load Inductive Power Relay System Wang, Yao; Dongye, Zhonghao; Kheirollahi, Reza IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, Vol. 3, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTIE.2020.3033539	journal	April 2022
A Multiload Inductive Power Transfer Repeater System With Constant Load Current Characteristics Cheng, Chenwen; Lu, Fei; Zhou, Zhe IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 8, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2950609	journal	December 2020
Applications of DC Breakers and Concepts for Superconducting Fault-Current Limiter for a DC Distribution Network Morishita, Y.; Ishikawa, T.; Yamaguchi, I. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 19, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2009.2018294	journal	August 2009
Analysis Methodology for Differential Mode Interference in Energy Supply System of Hybrid DC Breaker Cui, Xiang; Li, Ying; Liu, Yuan IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 61, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2019.2952247	journal	December 2019
Solid-State Circuit Breaker Protection for DC Shipboard Power Systems: Breaker Design, Protection Scheme, Validation Testing Qi, Li; Cairoli, Pietro; Pan, Zach IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 56, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2019.2962762	journal	March 2020
Modular Design Methodology of DC Breaker Based on Discrete Metal Oxide Varistors With Series Power Electronic Devices for HVdc Application Zhang, Xiangyu; Yu, Zhanqing; Chen, Zhengyu IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 66, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2886787	journal	October 2019
A Novel Mixture Solid-State Switch Based on IGCT With High Capacity and IGBT With High Turn-off Ability for Hybrid DC Breakers Zhang, Xiangyu; Yu, Zhanqing; Zhao, Biao IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 67, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2928279	journal	June 2020
A Load-Independent LCC-Compensated Wireless Power Transfer System for Multiple Loads With a Compact Coupler Design Cheng, Chenwen; Lu, Fei; Zhou, Zhe IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 67, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2931260	journal	June 2020
Coupled Inductance Model of Full-Bridge Modules in Hybrid High Voltage Direct Current Circuit Breakers Dongye, Zhonghao; Qi, Lei; Liu, Kexin IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 67, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2960747	journal	December 2020
A Power Relay System With Multiple Loads Using Asymmetrical Coil Design Cheng, Chenwen; Zhou, Zhe; Li, Weiguo IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 68, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2020.2970636	journal	February 2021
Reconfigurable Intermediate Resonant Circuit Based WPT System With Load-Independent Constant Output Current and Voltage for Charging Battery Li, Yong; Hu, Jiefeng; Liu, Ming IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 34, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2858566	journal	March 2019
Load-Independent Wireless Power Transfer System for Multiple Loads Over a Long Distance Cheng, Chenwen; Lu, Fei; Zhou, Zhe IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 34, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2886329	journal	September 2019
A Multi-Load Wireless Power Transfer System With Series-Parallel-Series Compensation Cheng, Chenwen; Zhou, Zhe; Li, Weiguo IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 34, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2019.2895598	journal	August 2019
Optimal Design of Diode-Bridge Bidirectional Solid-State Switch Using Standard Recovery Diodes for 500-kV High-Voltage DC Breaker Zhang, Xiangyu; Yu, Zhanqing; Chen, Zhengyu IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 35, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2019.2930739	journal	February 2020
A Load-Independent Wireless Power Transfer System With Multiple Constant Voltage Outputs Cheng, Chenwen; Li, Weiguo; Zhou, Zhe IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 35, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2019.2940091	journal	April 2020
An S-CLC Compensated Load-Independent Inductive Power Relay System With Constant Voltage Outputs Dongye, Zhonghao; Wang, Yao; Kheirollahi, Reza IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 36, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2020.3026675	journal	May 2021
Overvoltage Estimation by Stray Inductances During Turn-off of a 500 kV/25 kA DC Circuit Breaker Dongye, Zhonghao; Qi, Lei; Liu, Kexin IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 36, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2020.3046007	journal	July 2021
A Survey on Hybrid Circuit-Breaker Topologies Shukla, Anshuman; Demetriades, Georgios D. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 30, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRD.2014.2331696	journal	April 2015
Sensitivity Analysis of Inductive Power Transfer Systems With Voltage-Fed Compensation Topologies Lu, Jianghua; Zhu, Guorong; Wang, Huai IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 68, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2019.2903565	journal	May 2019
Basic topology and key devices of the five-terminal DC grid Tang, Guangfu; He, Zhiyuan; Pang, Hui CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 1, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.17775/CSEEJPES.2015.00016	journal	June 2015

Similar Records

Short-Circuit Characterization and Protection of 10-kV SiC mosfet

Journal Article · Mon May 07 20:00:00 EDT 2018 · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics · OSTI ID:1558471

Temperature-Dependent Characterization, Modeling, and Switching Speed-Limitation Analysis of Third-Generation 10-kV SiC MOSFET

Journal Article · Wed Jul 05 20:00:00 EDT 2017 · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics · OSTI ID:1430604

Short circuit characterization of 3rdgeneration 10 kV SiC MOSFET

Conference · Wed Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 2018 · OSTI ID:1471853

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
DC circuit breaker
MOSFET
inductive power transfer
load-independent
logic gates
magnetic resonance
multiple loads
network topology
receivers
relays
topology

A 4 kV/120 A SiC Solid-State DC Circuit Breaker Powered By a Load-Independent IPT System

Citation Formats

References (24)

Similar Records

Related Subjects