Power Electronic Converters for Wind Power Generation

Rafin, S M Sajjad Hossain; Islam, Rejaul; Mohammed, Osama A.

doi:10.1109/3d-peim55914.2023.10052364

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“…SiC-based power devices offer numerous advantages, including reduced conduction and switching losses, higher temperature tolerance, and increased efficiency. These properties make SiC devices well-suited for electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, industrial motor drives, and aerospace applications [4,5]. GaN is another prominent wide bandgap material recently gaining significant attention.…”

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“…Challenges like material availability, thermal management, cost reduction, and gate drive complexity are examined. The current commercial environment is evaluated, following adoption patterns and technological advancements resulting in gains in aerospace, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and other applications needing high-efficiency power conversion [4,5]. The assessment integrates advancements across the wide bandgap power semiconductor spectrum to inform and direct future innovation in this promising field.…”

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Power Electronics Revolutionized: A Comprehensive Analysis of Emerging Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Devices

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Ahmed,

Haque

et al. 2023

Micromachines

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This article provides a comprehensive review of wide and ultrawide bandgap power electronic semiconductor devices, comparing silicon (Si), silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), and the emerging device diamond technology. Key parameters examined include bandgap, critical electric field, electron mobility, voltage/current ratings, switching frequency, and device packaging. The historical evolution of each material is traced from early research devices to current commercial offerings. Significant focus is given to SiC and GaN as they are now actively competing with Si devices in the market, enabled by their higher bandgaps. The paper details advancements in material growth, device architectures, reliability, and manufacturing that have allowed SiC and GaN adoption in electric vehicles, renewable energy, aerospace, and other applications requiring high power density, efficiency, and frequency operation. Performance enhancements over Si are quantified. However, the challenges associated with the advancements of these devices are also elaborately described: material availability, thermal management, gate drive design, electrical insulation, and electromagnetic interference. Alongside the cost reduction through improved manufacturing, material availability, thermal management, gate drive design, electrical insulation, and electromagnetic interference are critical hurdles of this technology. The review analyzes these issues and emerging solutions using advanced packaging, circuit integration, novel cooling techniques, and modeling. Overall, the manuscript provides a timely, rigorous examination of the state of the art in wide bandgap power semiconductors. It balances theoretical potential and practical limitations while assessing commercial readiness and mapping trajectories for further innovation. This article will benefit researchers and professionals advancing power electronic systems.

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Power Electronics Revolutionized: A Comprehensive Analysis of Emerging Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Devices

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Ahmed,

Haque

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“…Nowadays, a very popular method of connecting offshore wind farms with onshore power grids is to use direct current (DC) links, which cannot operate without converters [14,15]. This leads to an unequivocal conclusion that the increase in the number of offshore wind farms connected to power systems entails an increase in the number of converters, especially voltage source converters (VSCs).…”

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Evaluation of VSC Impact on Power System Using Adequate P-Q Capability Curve

2023

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Renewable energy sources, which are becoming increasingly popular, often use a voltage source converter (VSC) for connection to the power system. Assessing the effects of connecting such a source to the power system is essential to ensure the proper operation of the power system and the connected source. For this purpose, it is necessary to know the range of active and reactive power generation by the converter. The authors indicate that the interaction between the power system and the converter affects its range of available active and reactive power. Therefore, a strictly defined range of the converter’s generating capability should not be assumed as invariant, but its capability for a given operating condition of the power system should be determined iteratively. In order to confirm this thesis, the authors analyzed the operation of the VSC-based energy source in an example power system using the PowerFactory software. Extending the calculation procedure to include iterative determination of the converter’s available power range showed a significant influence of the system’s operating state on the converter’s generating capabilities. The results obtained in this work extend the knowledge, and thanks to them, the operation of VSC systems can be modelled more accurately.

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