Evaluation of Modular Power Converter Integrated with 5G Network

Sebastian Baba, Serafin Bachman, Marek Jasinski and Hong Li
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Sebastian Baba: Research and Development Department, TRUMPF Huettinger Sp. z o.o., 05-200 Zielonka, Poland
Serafin Bachman: Research and Development Department, TRUMPF Huettinger Sp. z o.o., 05-200 Zielonka, Poland
Marek Jasinski: Institute of Control and Industrial Electronics, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Hong Li: School of Electrical Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-17

Abstract: This paper focuses on two key technical concepts, which may have a tremendous impact on future generations of power electronic converters: the Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB) concept, and the 5G/6G wireless data transfer. It is expected that these two trends may induce development of new cognitive of power electronic converters: Power Electronics 4.0. To investigate this concept, a Proof of Concept (PoC) of PEBB-based power converter integrated with a 5G network, was designed and tested. Study confirmed that power converter assembled from PEBB modules can compete with state-of-the-art devices. Moreover, test results indicates that several challenges related to PEBB and integration of power electronic equipment with 5G network has to be resolved, to enable growth of augmented power electronic converters, especially if wireless data transfer is meant for communication between PEBB modules.

Keywords: voltage source converters; smart grids; wide bandgap semiconductors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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