TY - GEN
T1 - Thermal Analysis and Comparison of Common-Ground Voltage Source Inverter
AU - Kiranmai, K. S.Phani
AU - Damodaran, Roopa Viswadev
AU - Alshanqiti, Mariam Mahmoud Mastafa
AU - Tayara, Lin
AU - Alsereidi, Shahad Mohamed Obaid
AU - Aldhaheri, Alyazia Juma Ateeq
AU - Shareef, Hussain
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Non-isolated inverters have gained popularity in low-power renewable applications. Among these, the common-ground inverter has the advantage of eliminating leakage currents and common-mode voltages by bypassing the parasitic capacitance. Many of the common-ground topologies have a higher number of switching and passive components in comparison to the commonly used H-bridge voltage source inverter (HB-VSI). Nevertheless, there exists a few common-ground voltage source inverters (CG-VSIs) that have a similar number of components. However, it is necessary to analyze the power losses and thermal behavior of the CG-VSI and compare the chances of failure in comparison to the conventional HB-VSI. This paper presents the switch stress, power loss, and thermal analysis of the switching devices in a CG-VSI that has the same number of components and a similar configuration as the HB-VSI. The simulations are performed on the PLECS software for different loads and switching frequencies. The results indicate that each of the switches of the CG-VSI has different stresses, power losses, and thermal characteristics. Furthermore, the thermal behavior of switches in the considered CG-VSI can be comparable if the switches are chosen appropriately.
AB - Non-isolated inverters have gained popularity in low-power renewable applications. Among these, the common-ground inverter has the advantage of eliminating leakage currents and common-mode voltages by bypassing the parasitic capacitance. Many of the common-ground topologies have a higher number of switching and passive components in comparison to the commonly used H-bridge voltage source inverter (HB-VSI). Nevertheless, there exists a few common-ground voltage source inverters (CG-VSIs) that have a similar number of components. However, it is necessary to analyze the power losses and thermal behavior of the CG-VSI and compare the chances of failure in comparison to the conventional HB-VSI. This paper presents the switch stress, power loss, and thermal analysis of the switching devices in a CG-VSI that has the same number of components and a similar configuration as the HB-VSI. The simulations are performed on the PLECS software for different loads and switching frequencies. The results indicate that each of the switches of the CG-VSI has different stresses, power losses, and thermal characteristics. Furthermore, the thermal behavior of switches in the considered CG-VSI can be comparable if the switches are chosen appropriately.
KW - Common-ground inverter
KW - leakage current
KW - normalized switch stress
KW - switch power toss
KW - thermal analysis
KW - virtual junction temperature
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U2 - 10.1109/ICECTA57148.2022.9990086
DO - 10.1109/ICECTA57148.2022.9990086
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85146366945
T3 - 2022 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications, ICECTA 2022
SP - 172
EP - 177
BT - 2022 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications, ICECTA 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications, ICECTA 2022
Y2 - 23 November 2022 through 25 November 2022
ER -