Reliability and Lifetime Analysis Considering IGBT Thermal Resistance Performance Degradation based on Hydropower Mission Profile of MMC

  • Gaotai Lv
  • , Wanjun Lei
  • , Meng Wang
  • , Jiaqi Zhao
  • , Haitao Qu
  • , Junzheng Cao

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Abstract

Compared with traditional voltage sourced converter (VSC), modular multilevel converter (MMC) has obvious advantages and is more widely used in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) fields. Its reliability related research has been widely concerned by researchers. There are some researches on the degradation of physical characteristics in the device level failure rate, but most of the existing researches on the system level reliability analysis come from the failure manual. This paper presents a system level MMC reliability analysis method based on MMC operating power angle and insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) lifetime degradation. According to the current and loss of IGBT in MMC, the annual mission profile is analyzed by rainflow counting algorithm in junction temperature calculation, and the influence of IGBT life degradation and thermal resistance rise on the reliability of system level MMC is analyzed under different power directions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, IPEMC 2020 ECCE Asia
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2485-2489
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728153018
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Nov 2020
Event9th IEEE International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, IPEMC 2020 ECCE Asia - Nanjing, China
Duration: 29 Nov 20202 Dec 2020

Publication series

Name2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, IPEMC 2020 ECCE Asia

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, IPEMC 2020 ECCE Asia
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period29/11/202/12/20

Keywords

  • IGBT
  • hydropower
  • modular multilevel converter
  • system reliability

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