Impute DC link (IDCL) cell based power converters and control thereof
Abstract
Power flow controllers based on Imputed DC Link (IDCL) cells are provided. The IDCL cell is a self-contained power electronic building block (PEBB). The IDCL cell may be stacked in series and parallel to achieve power flow control at higher voltage and current levels. Each IDCL cell may comprise a gate drive, a voltage sharing module, and a thermal management component in order to facilitate easy integration of the cell into a variety of applications. By providing direct AC conversion, the IDCL cell based AC/AC converters reduce device count, eliminate the use of electrolytic capacitors that have life and reliability issues, and improve system efficiency compared with similarly rated back-to-back inverter system.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1248814
- Patent Number(s):
- 9325171
- Application Number:
- 13/757,731
- Assignee:
- GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Atlanta, GA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000108
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Feb 01
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
Citation Formats
Divan, Deepakraj M., Prasai, Anish, Hernendez, Jorge, Moghe, Rohit, Iyer, Amrit, and Kandula, Rajendra Prasad. Impute DC link (IDCL) cell based power converters and control thereof. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Divan, Deepakraj M., Prasai, Anish, Hernendez, Jorge, Moghe, Rohit, Iyer, Amrit, & Kandula, Rajendra Prasad. Impute DC link (IDCL) cell based power converters and control thereof. United States.
Divan, Deepakraj M., Prasai, Anish, Hernendez, Jorge, Moghe, Rohit, Iyer, Amrit, and Kandula, Rajendra Prasad. Tue .
"Impute DC link (IDCL) cell based power converters and control thereof". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248814.
@article{osti_1248814,
title = {Impute DC link (IDCL) cell based power converters and control thereof},
author = {Divan, Deepakraj M. and Prasai, Anish and Hernendez, Jorge and Moghe, Rohit and Iyer, Amrit and Kandula, Rajendra Prasad},
abstractNote = {Power flow controllers based on Imputed DC Link (IDCL) cells are provided. The IDCL cell is a self-contained power electronic building block (PEBB). The IDCL cell may be stacked in series and parallel to achieve power flow control at higher voltage and current levels. Each IDCL cell may comprise a gate drive, a voltage sharing module, and a thermal management component in order to facilitate easy integration of the cell into a variety of applications. By providing direct AC conversion, the IDCL cell based AC/AC converters reduce device count, eliminate the use of electrolytic capacitors that have life and reliability issues, and improve system efficiency compared with similarly rated back-to-back inverter system.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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