A power electronics converter 206, 207 connectable, on a DC-side, to a DC electrical network 210, 330 and either, on an AC-side, to an electrical machine 213, 310 coupled to a drive shaft of an engine or propulsor, or, on a second DC-side, to a battery pack 203. The power electronics converter includes: a power conversion unit 320 including a plurality of semiconductor switching elements 322, 324 and a DC-link 328; and a gate driver unit 340, configured to control the semiconductor switching elements so that the power conversion unit: inverts DC power received from the DC electrical network 330 to AC power and provides the AC power to the electrical machine 310, rectifies AC power received from the electrical machine to DC power and provides the DC power to the DC electrical network, or performs DC-DC conversion between the DC-electrical network and the battery pack; wherein the gate driver unit 340 includes an equipment health monitoring component 350, configured to collect data indicative of the health of the power electronics converter and/or components thereof.
POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTER
LEISTUNGSELEKTRONIKWANDLER
CONVERTISSEUR ÉLECTRONIQUE DE PUISSANCE
2025-01-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H03K PULSE TECHNIQUE , Impulstechnik / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01R Messen elektrischer Größen , MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES / H02M APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS , Anlagen zur Umformung von Wechselstrom in Wechselstrom, von Wechselstrom in Gleichstrom oder umgekehrt, oder von Gleichstrom in Gleichstrom und zur Verwendung in Netzen oder ähnlichen Stromversorgungssystemen |