Whole Number 248, ISSN 0429-8284 FUJI ELECTRIC REVIEW 2015 Vol.61 No. 1 Power Electronics Power Electronics Vol.61 No.1 2015 No.1 Vol.61 Printed on recycled paper Review60-1_h1-4_3mm.indd 1 15/07/31 10:43 Fuji Electric Co.,Ltd. (Middle East Branch Office) Overseas Subsidiaries Promotion of electrical products for the electrical utilities and the indus- trial plants * Non-consolidated subsidiaries Tel +973-17 564 569 America Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (Myanmar Branch Office) Providing research, feasibility studies, Liaison services Fuji Electric Corp. of America Tel +95-1-382714 Sales of electrical machinery and equipment, semiconductor devices, drive control equipment, and devices Representative office of Fujielectric Co., Ltd. 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URL http://www.szfujielectric.com.cn/hkeng/company/index.htm Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. reserves all rights concerning the republication and publication after translation Sales of power distribution and control equipment, drive control equip- ment, rotators, high-voltage inverters, electronic control panels, medium- Hoei Hong Kong Co., Ltd. into other languages of articles appearing herein. and large-sized UPS, and measurement equipment Sales of electrical/electronic components All brand names and product names in this journal might be trademarks or registered trademarks of Tel +82-2-780-5011 Tel +852-2369-8186 their respective companies. URL http://www.fujielectric.co.kr/ URL http://www.hoei.com.hk/ Review60-1_h1-4_3mm.indd 2 15/07/31 10:43 Contents Power Electronics Preface to the Special Issue on “Power Electronics” 2 Johann W. Kolar Power Electronics: Current Status and Future Outlook 4 TOMOTAKA, Masatsugu Mega Solar PCS Incorporating All-SiC Module “PVI1000 AJ-3/1000” 11 OSHIMA, Masafumi MAEDA, Tetsuya MURATSU, Hiroki Large-Capacity, High-Efficiency 3-Level UPS for North America 17 “7000HX-T3U” KAWASAKI, Daisuke HAMADA, Ippei SATO, Atsushi General-Purpose Inverters Meeting Global Standards 22 “FRENIC-HVAC/AQUA Series” and “FRENIC-Ace Series” KONO, Hiroyuki MIGAKI, Takumi KAIMI, Takashi 690-V Inverters Equipped with SiC Hybrid Module 27 “FRENIC-VG Stack Series” SATO, Kazuhisa TAKANO, Makoto NOMURA, Kazuki Fuji Electric’s Top Runner Motor— 31 Loss-Reduction Technology of “Premium Efficiency Motor” TACHI, Norihiro KOIBUCHI, Hirobumi TAKAHASHI, Kazutoshi Inverter-Integrated Motor 36 UTSUNO, Makoto MATSUI, Kohei Technologies to Reduce Size and Weight of Power Electronics 41 Equipment for Rolling Stock TAKIZAWA, Masamitsu NISHIJIMA, Tomotaka Latest Trend and Safety and Reliability Technology of Rolling Stock Doors 45 UMEZAWA, Kotaro TERASAKI, Tomio NATAMA, Shigeki Railway Static Power Conditioner for Shin-Kurobe Substation of 52 Hokuriku Shinkansen OSO, Hiroshi KANEKO, Tomomi SUZUKI, Akio Multifunctional On-Shore Power Systems for Harbors and Shipyards 58 MIYASHITA, Tsutomu UMEZAWA, Kazuyoshi JOICHI, Hiroshi