Holistic Design and Development of a 100-kW SiC-Based Six-Phase Traction Inverter for an Electric Vehicle Application
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Abstract
Six-phase drives are gaining popularity in electric vehicle (EV) applications owing to their superior fault-tolerance capability, modularity, and improved current handling. However, a thorough design of a six-phase traction inverter has not been investigated. As a result, inherent advantages of six-phase inverters are not exploited. This paper presents a holistic design methodology for a six-phase traction inverter. At the power device level, discrete Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs are utilized, and their electrothermal model is used to effectively size a liquid-cooled heat sink. At the DC-capacitor level, a multi-objective optimization algorithm is proposed to find the most suitable capacitor bank in terms of volume, impedance, and current capability. At the system level, coreless hall-effect current sensor integrated circuits (ICs) are proposed to mitigate the higher count of sensors in six-phase systems. At the mechanical design level, design constraints are considered to deliver a housing with an integrated coolant channel. The resultant inverter design is prototyped and experimentally tested. The proposed design demonstrates a 7% reduction in DC-capacitor volume and 21% reduction in cabling cost when compared to conventional three-phase inverters of the same volt-ampere rating. The peak power density of the prototype inverter is 70 kW/L, demonstrating a compact design.
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