POWER CONVERTER METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An electrical system apparatus for processing power, comprising:
- a single phase inductor comprising a core and a winding wrapped about said core; and
at least two inductor winding spacers proximately contacting and extending radially outward from an outer surface of said core,wherein said inductor winding spacers segment an outer surface of said core into sections,wherein said inductor winding spacers separate at least two individual turns of said winding.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a power converter method and apparatus, which is optionally part of a filtering method and apparatus. A corona potential is the potential for long term breakdown of winding wire insulation due to the high electric potentials between winding turns winding a mid-level power inductor in a converter system. The high electric potential creates ozone, which breaks down insulation coating the winding wire and results in degraded performance or failure of the inductor. In one embodiment, the inductor is configured with inductor winding spacers, such as a main inductor spacer and/or inductor segmenting winding spacers. The spacers are used to space winding turns of a winding coil about an inductor. The insulation of the inductor spacer minimizes energy transfer between windings and thus minimizes corona potential, formation of corrosive ozone through ionization of oxygen, correlated breakdown of insulation on the winding wire, and electrical shorts in the inductor.
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1. An electrical system apparatus for processing power, comprising:
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a single phase inductor comprising a core and a winding wrapped about said core; and at least two inductor winding spacers proximately contacting and extending radially outward from an outer surface of said core, wherein said inductor winding spacers segment an outer surface of said core into sections, wherein said inductor winding spacers separate at least two individual turns of said winding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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6. An electrical system apparatus for processing power, comprising:
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a single phase inductor comprising a core and a winding wrapped about said core; and at least two inductor winding spacers proximately contacting and extending radially outward from an outer surface of said core, wherein said inductor winding spacers segment an outer surface of said core into sections, wherein said inductor winding spacers separate at least two individual turns of said winding, and wherein a first of said inductor winding spacers comprises a first cross-section with a first electrically insulating resistivity, wherein a second of said inductor winding spacers comprises a second cross-section with a second electrically insulating resistivity at least twenty percent different from said first electrically insulating resistivity.
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11. An electrical system apparatus for processing power, comprising:
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a single phase inductor comprising a core and a winding wrapped about said core; at least two inductor winding spacers proximately contacting and extending radially outward from an outer surface of said core, wherein said inductor winding spacers segment an outer surface of said core into sections, and wherein said inductor winding spacers separate at least two individual turns of said winding; and a plurality of capacitors configured to process the power, said plurality of capacitors distributed in three dimensions in an array, said array comprising; a first row of said capacitors carrying a first phase of a multi-phase power source; a second row of said capacitors carrying a second phase of said multi-phase power source; and a common neutral buss bar running between said first row and said second row.
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12. An electrical system apparatus for processing power, comprising:
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a single phase inductor comprising a core and a winding wrapped about said core; at least two inductor winding spacers proximately contacting and extending radially outward from an outer surface of said core; and a container configured to hold a liquid coolant in proximate contact with at least said winding and said at least two inductor winding spacers of said inductor, wherein said inductor winding spacers segment an outer surface of said core into sections, and wherein said inductor winding spacers separate at least two individual turns of said winding.
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