Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-04320, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Li, Yunwei (University of Alberta), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : High power medium voltage drives are key for industries to operate pumps, fans, traction motors, etc. With the emphasis on energy efficiency in recent years, there is a demand of high performance drives with regenerative operation capability that allow motors to feed energy back to the power grid. Multilevel converter based drives are very good candidates for high power medium voltage applications with advantages such as high power quality, enhanced reliability, etc. However, there is a lack of high-level converter based drives that allow regenerative operation and satisfactory low motor speed operation. _x000D_
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In this Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) program, we proposed two multilevel converter topologies for medium voltage and high power drive applications. The proposed topologies could operate at 7-level or even higher output, and have low costs, high reliability, modular features, as well as the capability of regenerative operation and low-speed operation. Research outcome in this program will timely address the industrial need of high performance high power drives._x000D_
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_x000D_, program purpose french : High power medium voltage drives are key for industries to operate pumps, fans, traction motors, etc. With the emphasis on energy efficiency in recent years, there is a demand of high performance drives with regenerative operation capability that allow motors to feed energy back to the power grid. Multilevel converter based drives are very good candidates for high power medium voltage applications with advantages such as high power quality, enhanced reliability, etc. However, there is a lack of high-level converter based drives that allow regenerative operation and satisfactory low motor speed operation. _x000D_
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In this Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) program, we proposed two multilevel converter topologies for medium voltage and high power drive applications. The proposed topologies could operate at 7-level or even higher output, and have low costs, high reliability, modular features, as well as the capability of regenerative operation and low-speed operation. Research outcome in this program will timely address the industrial need of high performance high power drives._x000D_
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_x000D_, agreement title english : Multilevel converter topologies for medium voltage high power regenerative drive system, agreement title french : Multilevel converter topologies for medium voltage high power regenerative drive system, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 180000.0, agreement start date : 2017-09-20, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada