Power electronic transformer (PET) converter: Design of a 1.2MW demonstrator for traction applications

SPEEDAM 2012 - 21st International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 855-860

  Zhao, Chuanhong ^a   Weiss, Michael ^a   Mester, Akos ^a   Lewdeni Schmid, Silvia ^a   Dujic, Drazen ^b   Steinke, Juergen K ^a   Chaudhuri, Toufann ^a  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High voltage insulation; Multi level converter; Resonant converter; Traction application

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CHALLENGES; GRID VOLTAGE; GROUND POTENTIAL; HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATION; MEDIUM FREQUENCIES; MEDIUM FREQUENCY TRANSFORMER; MULTILEVEL CONVERTER; MULTIPLE CELLS; POWER ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMER; REDUCED SIZE; RESONANT CONVERTERS; TRACTION APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84866918185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDAM.2012.6264496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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