access icon free 17-level inverter with low component count for open-end induction motor drives

This study presents a 17-level inverter-based induction motor drive for high-resolution multilevel voltage space-vector (SV) generation. The proposed topology consists of a three-level inverter and a seven-level inverter connected to an open-end winding induction machine. The two inverters are powered by two unequal DC supplies, resulting in a low component count, with just 12 switches and three floating capacitors per phase. The voltage SVs applied by the two inverters are chosen to eliminate circulating power flow and prevent DC bus overcharging. In addition, the switching states of both inverters are chosen in order to keep voltages of all floating capacitors well-controlled. Since the capacitors voltages are controlled using the phase currents, additional pre-charging circuitry is not required. A modulation scheme using level-shifted carriers has also been developed, which can be used with both V/f control and d–q control. The high-voltage inverter has a low effective switching frequency and the low-voltage inverter has a high effective switching frequency, reducing the switching loss. The included results of steady-state and transient testing of an experimental prototype demonstrate that the proposed scheme is suited for industrial drives and traction applications.

Inspec keywords: induction motor drives; power semiconductor switches; voltage control; invertors; machine control; capacitor switching

Other keywords: unequal DC supplies; d-q control; switches; low effective switching frequency; capacitors voltage control; V-f control; three-level inverter; level-shifted carriers; open-end IM drives; floating capacitors-per-phase; switching states; traction applications; industrial drives; phase currents; open-end winding induction machine; modulation scheme; low-voltage inverter; high-resolution multilevel voltage space-vector generation; 17-level inverter-based induction motor drive; low component count; seven-level inverter

Subjects: Relays and switches; Voltage control; Switchgear; DC-AC power convertors (invertors); Asynchronous machines; Drives; Power semiconductor devices; Control of electric power systems

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/iet-pel.2017.0492
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