Static Frequency Converters for Railway Power Supply based on IGCT High Power Semiconductors

Konferenz: PCIM Europe digital days 2020 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
07.07.2020 - 08.07.2020 in Deutschland

Tagungsband: PCIM Europe digital days 2020

Seiten: 8Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Thurnherr, Tobias; Maibach, Philippe; Buchmann, Beat; Baerlocher, Eugen (ABB Power Grids, Switzerland)

Inhalt:
This paper presents different aspects of static frequency converters for railway power supplies: As an introduction, an overview of specific requirements is given. A 3-level converter based on IGCT technology that was introduced 20 years ago is presented, and corresponding operating experiences are shown. Besides that, also a newly introduced converter based on MMC topology with IGCT semiconductors is presented, together with measurement results from a real converter.