High frequency medium voltage drive system for high speed machine applications

Ledezma, Enrique; Guedes-Pinto, Paulo; Pipho, Randall; Palle, Bhaskara; Edwards, Ryan; Skorcz, Alex

Title: High frequency medium voltage drive system for high speed machine applications

Patent · Tue Feb 22 00:00:00 EST 2022

OSTI ID:1892651

Ledezma, Enrique; Guedes-Pinto, Paulo; Pipho, Randall; Palle, Bhaskara; Edwards, Ryan; Skorcz, Alex

In one aspect, a medium voltage power converter includes a plurality of slices each having: a transformer including a plurality of primary windings to couple to a utility source of input power and a plurality of secondary windings; and a plurality of power cubes coupled to the plurality of secondary windings, each of the plurality of power cubes comprising a low frequency front end stage, a DC link, and a high frequency silicon carbide (SiC) inverter stage to couple to a high frequency load or to a high speed machine.

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Research Organization:: TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company, Round Rock, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: EE0007254

Assignee:: TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company (Round Rock, TX)

Patent Number(s):: 11,258,370

Application Number:: 16/205,879

OSTI ID:: 1892651

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 11/30/2018

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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