Power Electronics Applied to Industrial Systems and Transports: Volume 5: Measurement Circuits, Safeguards and Energy Storage
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- Presenting measurements and the physical phenomena, which impact the accuracy of measures
- Provides and overview of the main technologies of sensors available on the market, each with their advantages and drawbacks
- Protection devices are shown for all kind of failures, helping you to designing reliable converters and guarantee precision within a rigorous framework
Nicolas Patin
Nicolas Patin's research activities are based around PWM inverter circuits (electric and hybrid vehicles) and the aging of electrolytic capacitors.
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Power Electronics Applied to Industrial Systems and Transports - Nicolas Patin
Power Electronics Applied to Industrial Systems and Transports
Volume 5: Measurement Circuits, Safeguards and Energy Storage
Nicolas Patin
Series Editor
Bernard Multon
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Preface
1: Sensors for Power Electronics
Abstract:
1.1 Overview
1.2 Current sensors
1.3 Voltage sensors
1.4 Temperature sensors
1.5 Measuring instruments
2: Protections for Electronic Systems
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction and definitions
2.2 Protection against overcurrents
2.3 Protections against overvoltages
2.4 Explosion-proof equipment
3: Storage Systems – Principles, Technologies and Implementation
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 From capacitors to supercapacitors
3.3 From non-rechargeable to rechargeable batteries
3.4 Monitoring the charge states and the health state of components
3.5 Circuits associated with storing systems
Appendix 1: Uncertainty Calculation
A1.1 Sources of errors and precision of measuring devices
A1.2 Uncertainties of composed quantities
A1.3 Return to the calculation of efficiency
Appendix 2: Metric and Imperial Measuring Units
A2.1 Introduction
A2.2 Lengths, surfaces
A2.3 Standard deviations of printed circuit pins
A2.4 Copper mass and thickness of printed circuits
A2.5 Resistivity and strange units
A2.6 Wire diameters
Errata
Volume 1 [PAT 15a]: Synthetic Methodology to Converters and Components Technology
Volume 3 [PAT 15c]: Switching Power Supplies
Bibliography
Index
Copyright
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Preface
Nicolas Patin
This volume could have been called "All which was not discussed, in the first four books but which should not be overlooked!". Indeed, this book completes the four preceding books by addressing topics that, even though not an integral part of the power electronics field, are crucial to designing reliable and efficient converters. The first chapter deals with current, voltage, and temperature measurements. Such measurements are recurring issues in any power electronic converter. Components and sensors are introduced and specified by means of their technology, key characteristics, and conditioning circuits required to process information (whether by analog or digital circuits). The second chapter deals with shielding components used commonly in power electronics as well as in other electronic fields (especially in measuring devices). Indeed, the task at hand here is to study how fragile
components can be shielded from damage caused by voltage, or intensity, surges that can occur in either faultless or malfunctioning circuits. Standards set for electronic protective setups are also mentioned. Additionally, part of the chapter focuses on explosion-proof equipment (ATEX) and on waterproof ratings of electrical devices (Protection Index concept – IP code). The final chapter deals with electrical energy storing elements commonly used in association with power electronic converters. This chapter addresses capacitors and supercapacitors first, then deals with batteries and accumulators. Part of the chapter focuses on the features of these components, especially monitoring, recharging, and establishing charge equilibrium (supercapacitors or batteries). The concept of accuracy is addressed in the first chapter which deals with measurements. Appendix 1, dedicated to uncertainty calculations, gives further information on how the performance of a measurement chain is characterized. As a final note, a short appendix (Appendix 2) introduces helpful information for converting between metric and imperial units.
January 2016
1
Sensors for Power Electronics
Abstract:
Regardless of the quantities that have to be measured, the sensors used in power electronics are characterized by generic parameters as well as in any other electronic field:
– precision;
– bandwidth;
– differential input (or single-ended input when the signal is taken relative to ground);
– galvanic insulation.
Keywords
Conditioning circuits; Galvanic insulation solutions; Hall effect sensors; Non-isolated measurement; Operation mode selection; Power electronics; Temperature sensors; Thermal protection of power; Transformer; Voltage sensors
1.1 Overview
Regardless of the quantities that have to be measured, the sensors used in power electronics are characterized by generic parameters as well as in any other electronic field:
– precision;
– bandwidth;
– differential input (or single-ended input when the signal is taken relative to ground);
– galvanic insulation.
This last parameter is particularly important in power electronics in order to:
– maintain existing galvanic insulation of the power electronic converter for the sensor (refer to the Insulated Switching Power Supply section in Volume 3 [PAT 15c]);
– avoid propagating faults/parasitic effects from the power circuit to the control circuit (especially in the case of high power applications with high voltages and strong currents).
). Furthermore, although theoretically the measured quantities do not suffer discontinuities (current through an inductance, voltage across a capacitor), their readings can be affected by other quantities undergoing large fluctuations (current or voltage through a transistor). Those fluctuations are likely to induce parasitic signals via capacitive or inductive coupling in the measuring circuit connectors of a printed circuit board, for example.
Broadly speaking, the routing of a printed circuit board for a power electronic converter requires paying careful attention to the following critical elements:
– power circuit connections;
– measuring circuit connections (to avoid introducing parasitic effects in the readings as much as possible);
– connections of control signals of electronic switches (to avoid oscillations/parasites, therefore, avoid unwanted switch commutations or at the very least avoiding slow commutations leading to additional losses).
In this respect, circuit miniaturization limits inductive coupling in the best way possible (and, to a lesser extent, capacitive coupling). It is always possible, using fine qualitative reasoning, to evaluate whether a given routing geometry
is adequate or not. This qualitative analysis can even be carried out before performing a quantitative analysis (usually lengthy) requiring expensive and complex equipment (such as retrieval software for parasitic components due to component wiring, and simulation software). In order to conduct this reasoning, it is essential to focus only on the critical connections listed previously, and to neglect non-critical connections (power supply tracks for control circuits, if the latter are properly uncoupled, thanks to capacitors connected as close as possible to their power supply pins).
Moreover, knowing the nature of the quantities carrying the information at the sensor output allows us to determine the output signal coupling vulnerabilities (capacitive or inductive). For example, consider the case of a sensor supplying a current reflecting the measured quantity (this is the case for a large number of Hall effect sensors). Then, inducing an EMF on a long track separating the sensor from the data processing circuit will, in this case, have little impact on the measured signal. This is illustrated in type current, therefore affecting the acquisition circuit and, consequently, the readings.
Figure 1.1 Parasitic coupling schematics (inductive and capacitive) for sensors with current output a) and voltage output b)
On the contrary, the circuit connecting a sensor delivering a voltage (reflecting the measured quantity) to an acquisition circuit (type current will be absorbed by the voltage source, and will not have any impact on the voltage measured by the ADC. However, the same circuit will be very vulnerable to inductive coupling. This is because inductive coupling will induce an EMF that will add to the voltage supplied by the sensor, resulting in the voltage perceived by the ADC.
It is important to keep in mind that capacitive and inductive coupling, although different in nature, are often due to bad routing (of the printed circuit board). Common denominators are:
– long parallel tracks carrying chopped up current and/or voltage for the power circuit, on the one hand, and the signal coming from a sensor and leading to an acquisition circuit (analog or digital) on the other;
– forward
and return
conductors placed too far apart that create an inductive loop (self-inductance) and introduce a vulnerability to induction from another circuit (mutual inductance).
Although proximity between the power circuit and the measuring circuit cannot be avoided (because of course, the sensor must measure a variable of the power circuit!), the problems listed above should be minimized as much as possible. Firstly, coupling can be minimized by tracing tracks as short as possible on the power side
and on the measuring side
and by angling them at 90° with respect to each other. Secondly, in the case of single-ended measurements, minimizing the distance between a forward
and a return
conductor can be facilitated by implementing earth planes. Otherwise, for differential measures, the problem can be solved by routing the two tracks in parallel with spacing as small as possible (even more efficient if these tracks are angled at 90° with respect to the power circuitery (or circuit) in order to minimize disturbances).
1.2 Current sensors
Common current sensors can be grouped in three broad families:
– shunts (resistors);
– current transformers;
– Hall effect sensors.
Each of these sensor categories have different performances in terms of accuracy and bandwidth (or more precisely, maximum measurable frequency). However, certain sensor types have the noteworthy ability to measure a direct current; for example shunts, whereas current transformers are grossly incapable of performing such a measurement.
1.2.1 Current measuring shunts
1.2.1.1 Ohm's law and related complications
Since a shunt operates like a resistor, its operation can simply be described using Ohm's law:
[1.1]
The voltage across the shunt is proportional to the current passing through it. Therefore, knowing the proportionality coefficient R is enough to be able to derive, from the voltage reading, the current circulating through the branch on which the shunt is connected(in series). Unfortunately, even assuming that the voltage was measured perfectly (which is never the case in practice), not knowing the value of R remains an issue. Before discussing this resistance measurement and calibration, let us recall the relation linking resistance R (in Ω) to the physical (resistivity ρ in Ω.m) and geometric (length l and section S in m and m²) properties of the resistive element considered:
[1.2]
In practice, a shunt should allow for the current to be measured without disturbing the power circuit excessively, through which the current circulates. In particular, this keeps the converter efficiency from being deteriorated to a greater extent as losses will inevitably be triggered by this component. Additionally, these losses might impact the readings themselves. Indeed, losses lead to heating and heating has an effect on material resistivity as well as on the geometric dimensions of the resistive element (thermal expansion). As a guideline, the resistivity at 300 K of some metals as well as their associated temperature coefficient α are exhibited in Table 1.1. The α coefficient corrects for material resistivity according to the following linear function:
[1.3]
Table 1.1
Resistivity and temperature coefficients of some metals
In practice, pure metals are not used to make resistors (precision resistors in in particular) but it is important to be aware that resistivity of the materials used varies with temperature (some with a positive temperature coefficient – PTC, while others with a negative temperature coefficient – NTC). This phenomenon is correlated to dimension variation caused by thermal expansion. More or less strong resistance variations should, therefore, be expected for components that were not designed specifically to obtain temperature stable resistive shunts (extreme cases are used as temperature sensors called PTC or NTC thermistors
– refer to Chapter 2).
1.2.1.2 Seebeck effect
Another phenomenon, known as the Seebeck effect, is at work in voltage measurements across a shunt. This effect is usually not critical in power electronic applications. The Seebeck effect is a thermoelectric effect that generates EMF at the interface between two metals when this interface is heated up to a certain temperature. Since the shunt is soldered to cables, or more probably to a printed circuit board, two interfaces can be identified (in reality, four due to solder seams involving an additional metal) and as many EMFs. The temperature component normally being uniform, voltages can be expected to compensate each other. In practice, this is not always the case, due to dimensions of tracks in particular. In these conditions, a temperature difference can appear and, as a consequence, a residual EMF remains (that is, the operating principle of thermocouples that are commonly used for measuring temperature in the industry). However, the order of magnitude of thermoelectrically generated voltages is so small that these voltages will normally be overshadowed by voltages induced effectively by current flow. It is often desirable to have a minimum of several dozens if not hundreds of millivolts across a shunt in order to get reliable and accurate current measurement, whereas thermoelectric effect generates voltages proportional to the temperature in Kelvins with (positive or negative) coefficients of the order of a few μV/K. A thermal imbalance of the order of a hundred Kelvins in a properly manufactured power electronic converter is not realistic. It is, therefore, impossible to introduce a parasitic
voltage via this phenomenon, not even of the millivolt order. In contrast, this phenomenon is non-negligible while measuring very weak signals (voltage or current) and needs to be taken into account in the design of precision circuits (refer to publication [KEI 10] for further information on this topic). In order to overcome this problem, very weak shunts (for example 0, 0001Ω for a Vishay WSMS2908 shunt¹) come equipped with connections using low thermal EMF alloys (< 3 μV/°C). Potentials are established for each material and a list can be found on Wikipedia. On the other hand, with regards to connections with copper conductors (which are the most common on printed circuit boards), the EMF order of magnitude of a few couples are enough to evaluate the parasitic voltages introduced by this phenomenon (see Table 1.2). When it comes to soldering seams, the Cd70Sn30 alloy can serve as a reference because its Seebeck coefficient with regards to copper is close to zero. This is not the case of common alloys such as the traditional standard lead Sn60Pb40 (1 − 3 μV/°C) soldering, whereas an alloy with very high lead content also performs excellently (Pb90Sn10). It should, however, be noted that their use is problematic regarding regulations in force because of the presence of cadmium or lead, although exemptions from RoHS standards exist (lead-acid batteries for instance). In conclusion, the Seebeck effect has a weak impact on relatively high voltage measurements and it should not be considered a major problem for current measurements, as such, (even if the voltage across shunts is rather weak). The Seebeck phenomenon is even less of an issue for voltage measurements, unless dealing with very specific applications, for which, manipulated
levels are weak and where measurement performances (in terms of accuracy) are high. It should, nevertheless, be noted that this type of effect can be compensated for in temperature measuring circuits with Pt100 type four-wire-connections probes where extreme accuracy