Abstract:
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus implementing the method for minimizing a circulating current of parallel-connected inverters. The method can include, for at least one parallel-connected inverter, measuring a common-mode voltage of the inverter, and controlling a cycle length of the switching cycle on the basis of the common-mode voltage.
Abstract:
An exemplary electric apparatus includes a fan for generating a first airflow, a component space includes a secondary electric component, and a housing. In order to obtain efficient cooling solution one or more walls separate the component space including the secondary electric component from the first cooling element for preventing the first airflow from entering the component space. A second cooling element has a first end in the component space and a second end located outside of the component space for dissipating heat received from the secondary electric component to the first airflow.
Abstract:
A method and arrangement for determining leakage inductances of a double fed induction generator, DFIG, (10) wherein, in response to the stator current of the DFIG being equal to or below a first predetermined threshold, values of a stator voltage, a rotor voltage and a rotor current of the DFIG are determined, and a rotor leakage inductance of the DFIG is calculated on the basis the determined values, and, in response to the rotor current of the DFIG being equal to or below a second predetermined threshold, values of the stator voltage, the rotor voltage and the stator current of the DFIG are determined, and a stator leakage inductance of the DFIG is calculated on the basis of the determined values.
Abstract:
An electric switch is disclosed which includes a housing module housing a movable contact and a stationary contact having a contact portion to be contacted by the movable contact. The stationary contact can include a mounting portion, which mounting portion can be positioned closer to the center of the housing module than the contact portion of the stationary contact.
Abstract:
A method and an arrangement of tracking a selected (e.g., maximum) power point of a photovoltaic system is disclosed, in which method an operation point of the photovoltaic system is changed based on the change of operation point and a change of power generated by the photovoltaic system. The method can include repeatedly determining a current or voltage of the photovoltaic system, determining a power of the photovoltaic system, determining a change of power of the photovoltaic system with respect to a previous determined power, and changing the operation point of the photovoltaic system by changing a current or voltage reference of the system stepwise depending on the change of power and a direction of a previous change of the current or voltage reference.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for a power semiconductor switch. A current through the switch is responsive to a control terminal voltage at a control terminal of the switch, and the control terminal voltage is driven by a driver unit. The method includes measuring or estimating the current based on a bond voltage of the switch, detecting a short circuit by comparing the measured or estimated current to a short circuit current limit, controlling an on-state voltage level of the control terminal voltage based on the comparison to limit the current through the switch during the short circuit, and controlling the control terminal voltage to an off-state voltage level to turn the switch off. The on-state voltage level voltage is controlled by pulse-width modulating the output of the driver unit. A switching frequency of the modulation is at least the cut-off frequency of low-pass characteristics of the control terminal.
Abstract:
A ship is disclosed which can include a hull, at least one propulsion unit having a propulsion engine, transmission, at least one propeller connected via the transmission to the propulsion engine, and an oscillation sensor situated in a vicinity of the at least one propeller in order to sense cavitation of the at least one propeller. A control unit can control the propulsion engine, the oscillation sensor being connected to the control unit, whereby the output signal of the oscillation sensor is analyzed in the control unit to detect and indicate that a worse degree cavitation is emerging on a display unit at the navigation bridge and/or regulate the rotation speed and/or the power of the propulsion engine.
Abstract:
A converter circuit with short-circuit protection can include a plurality of phase legs having a series connection of normally-on switches, between voltage rails of a DC voltage link, a DC link capacitor, and AC voltage connection points between the normally-on switches. A phase-to-phase short-circuit protection circuit includes a parallel connection of a resistive component and a controllable switch. The phase-to-phase short-circuit protection circuit including a first terminal connected to an AC voltage connection point and a second terminal forms an input or an output of the converter circuit; and a controllable switch is connected in series with the DC link capacitor. Upon lack of control of the normally-on switches the controllable switch of the at least one phase-to-phase short-circuit protection circuit and the controllable switch of the phase leg short-circuit protection circuit are adapted to be controlled to a non-conductive state.