An integrated AC choke design for common-mode current suppression in neutral-connected power converter systems

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1228-1236

  Zhu, Ning ^a   Kang, Jinsong ^b   Xu, Dewei David ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Xiao, Yuan ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROCKWELL AUTOMATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common mode (CM) current; common mode voltage (CMV); finite element analysis (FEA); integrated ac choke; transformerless

Indexed keywords

COMMON MODE CURRENTS; COMMON MODE VOLTAGE; COMMONMODE; CONVERTER SYSTEM; COPPER MATERIALS; CORE LOSS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DIFFERENTIAL MODE; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; FILTER COMPONENTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); HEAT DISSIPATION CAPABILITY; INDUCTANCE RATIO; INTEGRATED AC CHOKE; MAGNETIC CIRCUIT CALCULATION; MAGNETIC PATHS; NOVEL STRUCTURES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TRANSFORMERLESS; VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTERS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POWER CONVERTERS;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 84863401611     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2162748     Document Type: Article

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