电力电子和未来的航海电气系统(上)

明天的航海电气系统将同今天的系统有极大的不同。电力电子给予船舶上包括推进、电力分配、备用电源、声纳和雷达等在内的各种系统的进展以重要的影响。刚刚出现的新材料、新器件和新的系统概念(诸如宽带半导体材料、碳化硅基的电力半导体器件、电力电子模组(PEBB),以及集成功率系统)正在使、并将持续地使未来的航海系统有别于今天的系统,如同内燃船舶有别于蒸汽船舶。但是,这些正在实现的技术和有关概念还未被大家所周知,而且还有难于理解的地方。本文就将介绍这些新概念和新技术,指出潜在的影响力,并揭示新的设计方法,以推动航海电气系统的发展。     

Future navy application of wide bandgap power semiconductor devices

An assessment of future U.S. Navy electrical power requirements is presented to identify wide bandgap power device application opportunities, issues, and challenges. An emphasis is placed on blocking voltage and the potential of wide bandgap power semiconductor devices to enable higher voltage machines that can meet the U.S. Navy's future electrical power challenges. Estimates of the blocking voltage and power requirements are made for various power systems envisioned for future shipboard application. Blocking voltage estimates are made using a simplified stress level analysis to illustrate the basic concepts underlying power semiconductor device application in U.S. Navy shipboard systems.     

Power electronics and future marine electrical systems

Tomorrow's marine electrical systems will be profoundly different from today's systems. Power electronics is making major impacts on virtually every marine system including propulsion, power distribution, auxiliaries, sonar, and radar. Newly emerging materials, components, and system concepts (such as wide band-gap materials, silicon-carbide-based power semiconductor devices, power electronics building blocks (PEBBs), and integrated power systems) are, and will continue, enabling future marine systems as different from today's systems as steam ships were to sailing ships. However, these enabling technologies and concepts are not well known and have been difficult to understand. This paper will introduce these new concepts and technologies, identify potential impacts, and explore new design methods to simplify marine electrical system development.