Development of a Didactic Platform for Flexible Power Electronic Converters

Authors

  • João Victor Guimarães França Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, CEFET-MG/UFSJ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8150-7617
  • Jonathan Hunder Dutra Gherard Pinto Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
  • Dayane do Carmo Mendonça Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
  • João Victor Matos Farias Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0805-6503
  • Renata Oliveira de Sousa Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9556-5260
  • Heverton Augusto Pereira Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-7815
  • Seleme Isaac Seleme Júnior Department of Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
  • Allan Fagner Cupertino Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2022.3.0012

Keywords:

Versatile modules, Thermal Design, Multilevel Converter, Galvanic isolation, Converter

Abstract

Power electronic converters are the subject of several studies and applications. Knowledge about those converters is essential for several technical and undergraduate courses in the field of Electrical Engineering and related areas. The presence of converter modules in laboratories can be beneficial for experimental validations in academic research and educational purposes, for allowing students to have practical contact with different converter topologies and applications. However, the commercially available power converters are generally manufactured for specific applications, with poor versatility and high cost, when applied for academic purposes. For this reason, several laboratories propose the design of versatile converters, mainly for multilevel converter research. Nevertheless, most of these projects present module designs based on half bridge topology due to their low cost. Therefore, this project topology requires more modules to operate as topologies based on a full-bridge converter. Besides, modules based on full-bridge topology can also work in a half-bridge configuration. Thus, this work presents the design of full-bridge modules capable of operating as different types of converters, as well as the project of the dc-link voltage measurement, isolated power supply and bypass circuits. Moreover, this work addresses the heatsink choice, the thermal evaluation for the semiconductor devices and the realization of galvanic isolation between the signal and power circuits.

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Author Biographies

João Victor Guimarães França, Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, CEFET-MG/UFSJ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Master’s Degree student in the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering at CEFET-MG/UFSJ. He graduated in Electrical Engineering in April 2022 from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). He concluded high school and technical education in Electrotechnics at the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), where he had his first contact with research through the Bic-Jr FAPEMIG program. He is currently an Assistant Researcher in GESEP - Power Electronics and Power Systems.

Jonathan Hunder Dutra Gherard Pinto, Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Doctoral student in Electrical Engineering, in power electronics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais -UFMG. He holds a degree in Control and Automation Engineering from the Federal University of Ouro Preto - UFOP and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering in the area of Electronic Systems from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora - UFJF. He works in the area of process control, alternative energy sources (solar) and multilevel modular converters. He currently works at the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais-CEFET-MG, Campus 2, teaching electronics subjects.

Dayane do Carmo Mendonça, Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in 2019. In April 2021, she was granted a Master’s degre in Electrical Engineering from the Graduate Program in Eletrôn. P Potên., Florianópolis, v. 27, n. 3, p. 225-235, jul./set. 2022 235 Electrical Engineering at CEFET-MG/UFSJ. She is currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and a specialist at the Gerência de Especialistas em Sistemas Elétricos de Potência (GESEP-UFV). Her main research interests include modular multilevel converters and renewable energy generation systems.

João Victor Matos Farias, Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in 2018. He completed a master’s degree from the Postgraduate Program in Electrical Engineering at CEFET-MG/UFSJ in 2019. He is currently a doctoral student in the Postgraduate Program in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), developing research work in the area of Power Electronics. He served as a substitute professor in the area of control and automation at the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais campus Betim. He is a senior specialist at the Gerência de Especialistas em Sistemas Elétricos de Potência (GESEP-UFV). In addition, he is an aspiring member of the Brazilian Society of Power Electronics (SOBRAEP) and an associate member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). His line of research is focused on modular multilevel converters, covering design methodology, applications, reliability study and component life.

Renata Oliveira de Sousa, Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Born in Raul Soares-MG in 1994. In January 2018, she received a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). In June 2019, she was awarded the title of Master in Electrical Engineering by the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering at CEFET-MG / UFSJ. Since graduation, she has carried out research in the area of energy efficiency analysis of UFV facilities, worked at the UFV Junior Electrical Engineering Company, diElétrica, and developed research work at the Gerência de Especialistas em Sistemas Elétricos de Potência (GESEP). Currently, she is a doctoral student at the Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), developing research work in the Power Electronics area, related to control strategies to improve the efficiency and reliability of STATCOMs based on Multilevel Modular Converters.

Heverton Augusto Pereira, Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

received the B.S. degree from the Federal Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil, in 2007, the M.Sc. degree from the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2015, all of then in Electrical Engineering. He was a visiting Researcher from the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2014. He worked as an Adjunct Professor with the Electric Engineering Department, UFV, since 2009. His main research interests include grid-connected converters for PV and wind power systems, and high-voltage dc/flexible ac transmission systems based on MMC.

Seleme Isaac Seleme Júnior, Department of Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (1977), a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1985) and a PhD in Automatique Produtique - Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (1994). He took postdocs at the Power Electronics Group at U. C. Berkeley (2002) and at the University of Toulouse, at the LAPLACE Laboratory (2015/16) with a CAPES grant. He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, with experience in Electrical Engineering and emphasis on Electronic Process Control, Feedback. His activities involve induction motor, electric drives, energy minimization, non-linear control in power electronic converters with application in renewable energy sources and control of electronic ballasts. More recently, as a result of the 2015/16 post-doctorate, he has been working with multilevel converters, coordinating a CAPES-COFECUB cooperation project and supervising doctoral and master’s programs on the subject.

Allan Fagner Cupertino, Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) in 2013, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in 2015 and 2019, respectively.He was a guest Ph.D. at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University from 2018 to 2019. Since 2022, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET), where he is currently Assistant Professor in the area of electric machines and power electronics. His main research interests include renewable power generation systems, multifunctional inverters, modular multilevel converters, and reliability of power electronics-based systems. Prof. Cupertino was the recipient of the President Bernardes Silver Medal in 2013, the SOBRAEP Ph.D. Thesis Award in 2020 and the IAS CMD Ph.D. Thesis Contest in 2021. He is a member of the Brazilian Power Electronics Society (SOBRAEP) and Brazilian Society of Automatics (SBA).

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J. V. G. França, “Development of a Didactic Platform for Flexible Power Electronic Converters”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 225–235, Aug. 2022.

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