MEDIUM VOLTAGE DC SOLID STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER BENCH TEST
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Authors
Brandt, Jonathan J.
Subjects
medium-voltage direct-current
MVDC
solid state circuit breaker
SSCB
insulated gate bipolar transistor
IGBT
metal-oxide varistor
MOV
resistor-capacitor
RC
silicon controlled rectifier
SCR
MVDC
solid state circuit breaker
SSCB
insulated gate bipolar transistor
IGBT
metal-oxide varistor
MOV
resistor-capacitor
RC
silicon controlled rectifier
SCR
Advisors
Zhang, Di
Xu, Yuntao
Date of Issue
2022-09
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Next generation fleets will rely on medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) electric power distribution systems utilizing high power density and high-efficiency components. One key gap to make such MVDC systems feasible is a super-fast, high-efficiency, and high power density protection device. The U.S. Navy has previously developed a 1 kV, 1 kA solid state circuit breaker (SSCB). A new 2 kV, 1.2 kA SSCB has been designed by NPS with collaborating partners that has quadrupled power density. This innovative insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)-based SSCB consists of anti-series IGBT modules, a parallel resistor-capacitor (RC) branch, and an electronically triggered metal-oxide varistor (MOV) branch. The novel electronically controlled MOV is comprised of a MOV in series with a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) passively triggered during the IGBT turn-off process, improving the trade-off between the leakage current and clamping voltage. The use of a lower IGBT gate voltage allows the elimination of current limiting inductors, increasing the SSCB power density. This thesis focuses on the switching and thermal tests necessary to validate the implemented concepts, and the data will be used for down-selecting technical directions, improving the SSCB performance. The results show that the SSCB is sufficient to interrupt most faults while containing peak current and voltage within design parameters and the efficiency target can be met with comfortable thermal margins.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.