Automated Design of a High-Power High-Frequency LCC Resonant Converter for Electrostatic Precipitators

Thiago B. Soeiro, Jonas Mühlethaler, Jörgen Linnér, Per Ranstad, Johann W. Kolar

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Abstract

This work presents an automated design procedure for series parallel resonant converters (LCC) employed in electrostatic precipitator (ESP) power supplies, which reduces the designer effort significantly. The requirements for the power supplies in ESP applications and means to derive an accurate mathematical model of the LCC converter, such as the power loss from commercial insulated-gate bipolar transistors, are described in detail in this paper. The converter parameters, such as resonant tank elements, are selected in order to improve the overall efficiency of the system, when a typical ESP energization operation range is considered. The analysis comprises two different control strategies: the conventional variable frequency control and the dual control. Both control strategies are analyzed by comparing semiconductor losses of five commercial modules. Finally, the circuit operation and design are verified with a 60 kW LCC resonant converter test setup.
Original languageEnglish
Article number6353918
Pages (from-to)4805-4819
Number of pages15
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume60
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electrostatic precipitators
  • Global optimization
  • LCC resonant converter
  • n/a OA procedure

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