PEBB - power electronics building blocks, from concept to reality

Ericsen, T.; Hingorani, Narain G.; Khersonsky, Yuri

doi:10.1049/cp:20060063

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“…For example, concept of Integrated Power Electronics Modules (IPEMs) was introduced in the late 1990s, integrating both active and passive components into compact assemblies [83]. This concept was later extended to higher-power applications using the Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) concept [84]. Only some features of these approaches have gained wide acceptance by industry to date.…”

Section: ) Advanced Power Converter Integration and Manufacturing Tementioning

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The Past, Present, and Future of Power Electronics Integration Technology in Motor Drives

Jahns¹,

Dai²

2017

CPSS TPEA

139

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Section: ) Advanced Power Converter Integration and Manufacturing Tementioning

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The Past, Present, and Future of Power Electronics Integration Technology in Motor Drives

Jahns¹,

Dai²

2017

CPSS TPEA

139

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“…The adoption of building block(s) increases volume production and reduces engineering effort, design testing, onsite installation, and maintenance work. The philosophy of PEBB standardization is outlined in many studies [15]- [17]. In addition, PEBB has often been investigated and applied in the fields of renewable energy, efficiency improvement, electric energy storage, and energy independence through wind, solar, and electric vehicles [18]- [20].…”

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Design and Research on High-Reliability HPEBB Used in Cascaded DSTATCOM

Yang¹,

Wang²,

Chen³

2015

Journal of Power Electronics

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The H-bridge inverter is the fundamental power cell of the cascaded distribution static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM). Thus, cell reliability is important to the compensation performance and stability of the overall system. The concept of the power electronics building block (PEBB) is an ideal solution for the power cell design. In this paper, an H-bridge inverter-based "plug and play" HPEBB is introduced into the main circuit and the controller to improve the compensation performance and reliability of the device. The section that discusses the main circuit primarily emphasizes the design of electrical parameters, physical structure, and thermal dissipation. The section that presents the controller part focuses on the principle of complex programmable logic device -based universal controller This section also analyzes typical reliability and anti-interference issues. The function and reliability of HPEBB are verified by experiments that are conducted on an HPEBB test-bed and on a 10 kV/± 10 Mvar DSTATCOM industrial prototype.

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“…The progressive integration and overall standardization allow benefi ts such as the reduction of manufacturing costs, weight, losses, size and others [5].…”

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Multilevel multistate switching cells PEBBs as the basis for the implementation of advanced rectifiers

Ortmann

Hoffmann

Mussa

et al. 2013

2013 Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)

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Multistate switching cells-based multilevel rectifiers (MLMSR) are a promising technology in power factor correction applications. They are here arranged in a modular structure that is the basis for a Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB). By the implementation of the multi-interphase transformers (MIPT) in a "whiffletree" configuration, multiple cells can be structured in a way that virtually any number of PEBBs can be used to increase a converter rated power. This work presents the conception and development of such a PEBB exemplarily for multi state switching cells multilevel based rectifiers. The proposed PEBB is presented and two lab prototypes are built. Experimental results are presented. I. INTROD UCTIONNowadays, power factor correction rectifi ers are more and more employed in industrial, commercial and residential appli cations to meet power quality standards. Nevertheless, the need for more effi cient equipment, with less weight and volume makes this market even more competitive.Among various topologies, multistate switching cells-based multilevel PFC rectifi ers (MLMSR) have been presented as a promising solution for high efficiency/ high power/ high power density applications [1]- [3]. The advantages of such type of circuits result from the ability to effectively distribute current stresses among the semiconductors, which operates with reduced voltage ratings, at same time that the passive components are reduced, given the natural high frequency mul tiplication at the input and output sides as well the multilevel nature of this converter. The concept of multistate switching cells multilevel rectifi ers is based on the multi-interphase transformer (MIPT) operation (cf. section 11), where the main features of the converter are highlighted when the number of MIPT's windings N increases. However, the increased number of multi-interphase transformer windings makes the converter design very complex, mainly due to the limited availability of adequate magnetic cores to implement the MIPTs.In [4] seven types of multi-interphase transformer confi gu rations are analyzed regarding aspects such as volume, weight and complexity. Particularly, the presented "whiffletree" con figuration is very simple to implement. The overall MIPT with N windings is formed by N -1 simple two windings MIPTs. However, the combinations are limited to N = 2Y, with y = 1,2, 3, 4, .... It should be noted that two windings MIPTs are easily built with conventional EE, toroidal, and other types of cores. This makes the "whiffletree" configuration adequate for the manufacturing of multi state multilevel PFC rectifi ers.Furthermore, the limitation to choose N is minimized when transformers with two and three windings are combined, even though the implementation of three windings transformers is slightly more complex. This distributed cores architecture further improves cooling strategies due to the distribution of losses among multiple magnetic devices. An additional benefi t is naturally obtained from the "whiffletree" confi guration: an ...

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PEBB - power electronics building blocks, from concept to reality

Cited by 76 publications

References 3 publications

The Past, Present, and Future of Power Electronics Integration Technology in Motor Drives

The Past, Present, and Future of Power Electronics Integration Technology in Motor Drives

Design and Research on High-Reliability HPEBB Used in Cascaded DSTATCOM

Multilevel multistate switching cells PEBBs as the basis for the implementation of advanced rectifiers

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