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Series Application note
Publication Date: September 2016
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3.2 Power loss and thermal dissipation calculation
3.2.1 Power loss calculation
Simple expressions for calculating average power loss are given as follows;
● Scope
The power loss calculation intends to provide users a way of selecting a matched power device for their
VVVF inverter application. However, it is not expected to use for limit thermal dissipation design.
● Assumptions
(1) PWM controlled VVVF inverter with sinusoidal output;
(2) PWM signals are generated by the comparison of sine waveform and triangular waveform.
(3) Duty amplitude of PWM signals varies between
2
1
2
1
D
D
+
−
~
(%/100), (D: modulation depth).
(4) Output current various with Icp
·
sinx and it does not include ripple.
(5) Power factor of load output current is cos
θ
, ideal inductive load is used for switching.
● Expressions Derivation
PWM signal duty is a function of phase angle
x
as
2
x
sin
D
1
×
+
which is equivalent to the output voltage
variation. From the power factor cos
θ
, the output current and its corresponding PWM duty at any phase angle
x
can be obtained as below:
2
)
sin(
1
sin
θ
+
×
+
=
×
=
x
D
Duty
PWM
x
Icp
current
Output
Then, V
CE(sat)
and V
EC
at the phase
x
can be calculated by using a linear approximation:
)
sin
)(@
(
)
(
x
Icp
sat
Vce
sat
Vce
×
=
)
sin
)
(
(@
)
1
(
x
Icp
Iecp
Vec
Vec
×
=
×
−
=
Thus, the static loss of IGBT is given by:
dx
x
D
x
Icp
sat
Vce
x
Icp
•
+
+
×
×
×
×
∫
2
)
sin(
1
)
sin
)(@
(
)
sin
(
2
1
0
θ
π
π
Similarly, the static loss of free-wheeling diode is given by:
∫
•
+
+
×
×
×
−
×
×
−
π
π
θ
π
2
2
)
sin(
1
)
sin
(@
)
1
)((
sin
)
1
((
2
1
dx
x
D
x
Icp
Vec
x
Icp
On the other hand, the dynamic loss of IGBT, which does not depend on PWM duty, is given by:
dx
fc
x
Icp
off
Psw
x
Icp
on
Psw
•
×
×
+
×
∫
π
π
0
))
sin
)(@
(
)
sin
)(@
(
(
2
1