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    • Benefits of switching from Si to SiC modules with further converter optimization 

      Arrizabalaga, Antxon; Mazuela, Mikel; Aizpuru, Iosu; Urkizu, June; Aztiria, Jon (IEEE, 2022)
      SiC semiconductors have better characteristics than Si, improving power electronics converters performances. A prototype that can switch semiconductor technology without changing any other part of the system is built and ...
    • Impact of silicon carbide devices in 2 MW DFIG based wind energy system 

      Arrizabalaga, Antxon; Idarreta Garate, Aitor; Mazuela, Mikel; Aizpuru, Iosu; IRAOLA, UNAI (IEEE, 2020)
      Renewable energies are going through a major increment, mainly wind and photovoltaic energies, being market competitiveness the main driver for their massive penetration. As power converters are used to interface renewable ...
    • SiC erdieroaleak energia eolikoan LCoEa hobetzeko 

      Arrizabalaga, Antxon; Mazuela, Mikel; Urkizu, June; Aztiria, Jon (UEU, 2021)
      This research identifies the wind energy as the main renewable source. In order to improve its LCoE, SiC semiconductors are proposed, together with different voltage levels and topologies. After analyzing various configurations, ...
    • System Level Optimization of 5 MW Wind Converter using 3L-NPC Topology in Medium Voltage with 1 . 7 kV IGBT 

      Arrizabalaga, Antxon; Mazuela, Mikel; Idarreta Garate, Aitor; IRAOLA, UNAI; Aizpuru, Iosu (IEEE, 2020)
      Market competitiveness is the main driver in the massive adoption of wind energy, and the optimization of the power converter is crucial for this purpose. Because it has higher efficiency than the two level Voltage Source ...