Device for converting electrical energy into heat in the field of medium- and high-voltage engineering and converter arrangement having the device

The device for converting electrical energy into heat, the device comprising:

• cooling plates including a first cooling plate, a second cooling plate and a middle cooling plate;
• a first conversion module, containing:
• a first connection terminal;
• a second connection terminal;
• a first resistor assembly connected to said first connection terminal and having a plurality of resistor disks;
• a first semiconductor switch being used to block or allow a flow of current through said first resistor assembly and connected to said second connection terminal of said first conversion module;
• a second resistor assembly connected to said first connection terminal of said first conversion module and having a plurality of resistor disks;
• and
• a second semiconductor switch being used to block or allow a flow of current through said second resistor assembly and connected to said second connection terminal of said first conversion module, wherein said resistor disks of said first and of said second resistor assembly are disposed in a common stack between said first cooling plate and said second cooling plate, said common stack being referred to as a first stack, wherein said first stack further includes said middle cooling plate which separates said resistor disks of said first resistor assembly from said resistor disks of said second resistor assembly, wherein said first cooling plate is electrically connected to said first semiconductor switch, said second cooling plate is electrically connected to said second semiconductor switch and said middle cooling plate is electrically connected to said first connection terminal of said first conversion module;
• a carrying structure;
• and
• a second conversion module electrically connected in series with said first conversion module, wherein said first conversion module and said second conversion module are disposed in one level of said carrying structure, wherein said second conversion module has a third resistor assembly and a fourth resistor assembly, wherein said third resistor assembly is disposed above and electrically insulated from said first resistor assembly in said carrying structure and said fourth resistor assembly is disposed above and electrically insulated from said second resistor assembly in said carrying structure.