Full-Scale Physical Simulator of All SiC Traction Motor Drive with Onboard Supercapacitor ESS for Light-Rail Public Transportation

Üniversitemiz ziyaretçi araştırmacılarından Dr. Behrang Hosseini Aghdam ve üniversitemiz öğretim üyelerinden Prof. Dr. Muammer Ermiş’in yazarları arasında bulunduğu “Full-Scale Physical Simulator of All SiC Traction Motor Drive with Onboard Supercapacitor ESS for Light-Rail Public Transportation” başlıklı makale IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics’te yayınlandı.

This article deals with the design and laboratory implementation of a full-scale physical simulator of an all-silicon carbide (SiC) traction motor drive for light-rail transit systems (LRTS) with onboard supercapacitor energy storage system (ESS). It consists of a pulsewidth modulation (PWM) rectifier representing the 750 V dc catenary line, a three-phase two-level PWM traction inverter to drive a three-phase squirrel-cage traction motor, a flywheel coupled to the motor shaft to represent the dynamic behavior of the transportation vehicle, a loading generator connected to the grid via a dc-link converter with active front-end, and a supercapacitor ESS containing a bidirectional dc-dc converter supplied from the common dc link. The PWM rectifier, a traction inverter, and a bidirectional dc-dc converter are all SiC power MOSFET-based converters for high efficiency and high power density. A physical simulator is a valuable tool in the design and testing of all SiC converters. It is equipped with software programs for a catenary model, rail track model, and vehicle model, and permits the performance verification of various control, modulation, and energy-saving strategies. The physical simulator system developed in this article also allows the performance verification of a vehicle formation on a prespecified real track and evaluation of benefits of the onboard supercapacitor ESS in real time.

Yildirim, D., Akşit, M. H., Yolaçan, C., Pul, T., Ermiş, C., Aghdam, B. H., . . . Ermiş, M. (2020). Full-scale physical simulator of all SiC traction motor drive with onboard supercapacitor ESS for light-rail public transportation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(8), 6290-6301. doi:10.1109/TIE.2019.2934086

Makaleye erişim için: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8830470

Anahtar sözcükler:

Light-rail transit system (LRTS); physical simulator; silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFET; supercapacitor energy storage system (ESS); traction inverter

Diğer Yazarlar:
Yildirim, D. (ODTÜ), Akşit, M.H., Yolaçan, C. (ODTÜ), Pul, T. (ODTÜ), & Çadirci, I.

Ek Bilgiler:
Manuscript received December 5, 2018; revised April 8, 2019 and May 27, 2019; accepted July 16, 2019. Date of publication September 10, 2019; date of current version March 31, 2020. Traction Motor Drive and Supercapacitor ESS Projects 5150038 and 5150037 were fully financed by the Technology and Innovation Funding Programs Directorate of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TÜBITAK TEYDEB and ASELSAN, Inc.