1. Reduced-Order Thermal Observer for Power Modules Temperature Estimation
- Author
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Xiaojun Dong, Jiabin Wang, David Hewitt, and Antonio Griffo
- Subjects
Observer (quantum physics) ,Computer science ,business.industry ,020208 electrical & electronic engineering ,Estimator ,02 engineering and technology ,Computational fluid dynamics ,7. Clean energy ,Temperature measurement ,Control and Systems Engineering ,Control theory ,Power electronics ,Power module ,Thermal ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business - Abstract
In this paper, a reduced order thermal observer with disturbance estimation is applied for temperature monitoring in a power electronics module. Although accurate thermal models of power electronics assemblies are widely available, based e.g. on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers, their\ud computational complexity hinders the application in real-time temperature monitoring applications. This paper proposes a reduced order state space observer to provide a real-time estimation of temperature in power electronics modules. The observer is coupled with a disturbance estimator, to minimize the error caused by uncertainties in the model and unknown operating conditions.
- Published
- 2020