Description
This R&D project develops a bidirectional multilevel switching power converter using wide-bandgap semiconductors, as the Gallium Nitride (GaN) transistors to be applied in synchronous reluctance machines (SynRM) in open-winding configuration. The main goal is to obtain high energy efficiency motor drive system with high performance and reliability based on this configuration.
Subject Areas: wide-bandgap power electronic converters; open-winding synchronous reluctance machine
Funding
IDI&CA 2018, funding programme of Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Grant: 5k EUR.
Research team
Alexandre Bento1,3,4,*, Ricardo Luís1,2,3, Fernando Silva3,4, Paulo Almeida 1,2, Sérgio André5, Pedro Fonte1,2, Rita Pereira1,2
1Low Carbon Energy Conversion R&D Group, Lisboa, Portugal
2Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
2INESC-ID: Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
4Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
5CEDET: Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento de Electrónica e Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal
*Researcher to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Status: Finished
Start: 01/Sep/2018 End: 31/Mar/2020
Related publications:
Alexandre Bento, Ricardo Luís, Sónia Pinto, Fernando Silva, “Open-end Winding Synchronous Reluctance Sensorless Drive based on Indirect Matrix Converter with Dual VSI Output”, 10th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (IET PEMD 2020), Nottingham – England, 15 – 17 December 2020, 2020, 6 pgs. (aguarda publicação)
Alexandre Bento; Ricardo Luís; Sónia Pinto; J. Fernando Silva , “A Novel Multilevel T-Type Indirect Matrix Converter for Three-phase Open-end AC Loads“, IECON 2019 – 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 14-17, 2019, pp. 6575-6580. DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8927541
