Thermal aspects of a low cost power electronic converter for high capacity, smart residential distribution networks

A. Amiri; A.M. Cross; N. Ignadossian; S. Safari; P. Ward; M. Owen

doi:10.1049/cp.2016.0281

Thermal aspects of a low cost power electronic converter for high capacity, smart residential distribution networks

A. Amiri, A.M. Cross, N. Ignadossian, S. Safari, P. Ward, M. Owen

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Abstract

A key challenge facing the UK Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) today is the increasing demand for power being placed on residential networks. Also, the increase in distributed generation (DG) is now resulting in unacceptable local voltage rises and power quality issues. A cost effective solution to these problems can be achieved on the existing infrastructure by increasing the local network phase voltage to 400 V and stepping back down to 230 V at each house, using a DNO-owned, voltage regulated power electronic converter (PEC). The thermal and protection issues associated with the design of such a PEC, which is to be installed in the meterbox of each property, are discussed in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), 2016
Publisher	IET
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78561-188-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0281
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2016
Event	8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Apr 2016 → 21 Apr 2016

Conference

Conference	8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
Abbreviated title	PEMD 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	19/04/16 → 21/04/16

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Funding: InnovativeUK/EPRSC

Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics
power electronic converter
SiC MOSFET
thermal design
CFD

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Amiri, A, Cross, AM, Ignadossian, N, Safari, S, Ward, P & Owen, M 2016, Thermal aspects of a low cost power electronic converter for high capacity, smart residential distribution networks. in 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2016), 2016. IET, 8th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 19/04/16. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0281

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