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Integration of Power Electronics Building Block Using Polyimide Substrates
… a new generation of high-density, fast-switching power converters for automotive, marine, and aerospace applications. One of these converters is the SiC-based Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB), which integrates semiconductor devices, gate drivers, magnetics, and other components into …
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First Order Thermal Model of the Navy integrated Power Electronics Building Block
… electronic components within the Navy integrated Power Electronics Building Block (iPEBB) for it to function at its full capacity. The current study develops a first order analytical understanding of the most prolific heat transfer modes within the iPEBB and identifies critical constraints for the …
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Thermal Analysis of Indirect Liquid Cooling for the Navy integrated Power Electronics Building Block
The development of the Navy integrated Power and Energy Corridor (NiPEC) involves the deployment of modular, self-contained universal converter units known as the integrated Power Electronics Building Blocks (iPEBB). An iPEBB unit sees primary heat generation through four rows of MOSFET switches …
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Design of 1.7 kV SiC MOSFET Switching-Cells for Integrated Power Electronics Building Block (iPEBB)
The need for high-density power electronics converters becomes more critical by the day as energy consumption continues to grow across the world. Specifically, the need for medium-voltage (MV) high-density converters in power distribution systems, electric ships, and airplanes become more critical …
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Implementation of a 100kW Soft-Switched DC Bus Regulator Based on Power Electronics Building Block Concept
Power electronics building blocks (PEBBs) are standardized building blocks used to integrate power electronics systems. The PEBB approach can achieve low cost, high redundancy, high reliability, high flexibility and easy maintenance for large-scale power electronics systems. This thesis presents …
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Heat Pipes for the Thermal Management of High Frequency Transformers in the Navy integrated Power Electronics Building Block
The development of the integrated Power Electronics Building Block (iPEBB) is key to the full electrification of future United States Navy ships. The creation of this modular, universal power converter takes full advantage of modern electronics; however, the high heat generation of these …
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Design and Modeling of Shipwide Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor Cooling System
… requiring more and more electricity to power the myriad advanced offensive and defensive electrically-powered systems. The Zumwalt class destroyer was the Navy’s first fully electric ship. The next generation destroyer, DDG(X), is also planned to be an electric ship. The ships of the …
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Design and Modeling of the Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor Cooling System
… Grant Program is developing the Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor (NiPEC) to underpin the vessel’s power distribution system. The corridor comprises several modular compartments capable of operating independently or as part of a network to execute energy storage, conversion, protection, …
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Cooling Power Electronic Building Blocks Aboard Navy Ships
The Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor (NiPEC) is a modular entity that encapsulates all the power handling requirements of a shipboard power and energy distribution system including transmission, conversion, protection, isolation, control and storage. The basic component of the NiPEC is the …
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Preliminary Shipboard Layout of Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor (NiPEC)
… fully electric ship. Through its integrated power system, the prime movers provide electric power to meet propulsion, ship service, offensive, and defensive systems requirements. The next generation destroyer, DDG(X) is also planned to be an electric ship. The ships of the future can thus be …
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Switching-Cycle Control and Sensing Techniques for High-Density SiC-Based Modular Converters
Nowadays high power density has become an emerging need for the medium-voltage (MV) high-power converters in applications of power distribution systems in urban areas and transportation carriers like ship, airplane, and so forth. The limited footprint or space resource cost such immensely high …
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Insulation Design and Analysis for Medium-Voltage SiC-based Power Electronics Building Blocks
… including electric field (E-field) grading near power terminals and PCB edges, cable feedthroughs, and the integration of components, are explored from the perspective of E-field management. A design example of a 3-level dc bus for a 6 kV-1 MW Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) is presented. …
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Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Distributed Power Electronics System Based on Building Block Concept
The basic Power Electronics Building Block (PEBB) configurations are identified and conceptual PEBB modules are constructed and tested. Using the INCA (Inductance Calculator) parasitic extraction and the Saber circuit simulation software, the microscopic relationships between the parasitics of the …
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Design, Analysis and Modeling of a Modular Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor Cooling System
… the development of the Navy Integrated Power and Energy Corridor (NiPEC). This innovative system is designed to enhance the power distribution capabilities of warships like the forthcoming DDG(X), which is expected to require significant electrical power to support advanced offensive and …
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Characterizing the Thermal Behavior of Pyrolytic Graphite Sheets (PGS) at Low Interface Pressures
… of these critical components is the integrated Power Electronics Building Block (iPEBB); a universal converter that is programmed for its specific application when installed. The iPEBB is a modular unit that can be easily swapped by a single person. This unique modularity has led the Navy to …
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Communication and Control in Power Electronics Systems
… of a modern way of life have changed the way power electronics systems work. For instance, the grid has to provide not only the service of delivering electrical energy but also the communication to enable interactions between customers and enable them to be producers of electrical energy, too. …
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A Power Conditioning System for Superconductive Magnetic Energy Storage based on Multi-Level Voltage Source Converter
A new power conditioning system (PCS) for superconductive magnetic energy storage (SMES) is developed and its prototype test system is built and tested. The PCS uses IGBTs for high-speed PWM operation and has a multi-level chopper-VSC structure. The prototype test system has three-level that can …
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Protection, Control, and Auxiliary Power of Medium-Voltage High-Frequency SiC Devices
… (WBG) semiconductor enables next-generation power electronics systems with higher efficiency and higher power density. With higher blocking voltage available, WBG devices, especially the silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), have been widely …
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Electrical Integration of SiC Power Devices for High-Power-Density Applications
… has led to the fast development of high-power-density power electronics converters. High-switching-frequency and high-temperature operations are the two key factors towards this target. Both requirements, however, are challenging the fundamental limit of silicon (Si) based devices. The …
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Device Voltage Balancing from Device-level to Converter-level in High Power Density Medium Voltage Converter using 10 kV SiC MOSFETs
The electric power system is undergoing a paradigm change on how electric energy is generated, transmitted, and delivered. Power electronics systems which can provide medium-voltage (MV) to high-voltage (HV) output (>13.8 kV ac, > 20 kV dc) with much faster dynamic response (> 10 kHz bandwidth) or …