Implementation and control of distributed PWM cascaded multilevel inverters with minimal harmonic distortion and common-mode voltage

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Multilevel Inverters ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Carrier-Based Common Mode Voltage Control Techniques in Three-Level Diode-Clamped Inverter

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradyumn Chaturvedi ◽  
Shailendra Jain ◽  
Pramod Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Output Voltage ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Multilevel Inverters ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
Voltage Signal ◽  
Comparable Performance ◽  
The Common

Switching converters are used in electric drive applications to produce variable voltage, variable frequency supply which generates harmful large dv/dt and high-frequency common mode voltages (CMV). Multilevel inverters generate lower CMV as compared to conventional two-level inverters. This paper presents simple carrier-based technique to control the common mode voltages in multilevel inverters using different structures of sine-triangle comparison method such as phase disposition (PD), phase opposition disposition (POD) by adding common mode voltage offset signal to actual reference voltage signal. This paper also presented the method to optimize the magnitude of this offset signal to reduce CMV and total harmonic distortion in inverter output voltage. The presented techniques give comparable performance as obtained in complex space vector-based control strategy, in terms of number of commutations, magnitude, and rate of change of CMV and harmonic profile of inverter output voltage. Simulation and experimental results presented confirm the effectiveness of the proposed techniques to control the common mode voltages.

scholarly journals Modeling and Analysis of New Multilevel Inverter for Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqiang Guo ◽  
Ran He ◽  
Mehdi Narimani
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Multilevel Inverters ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
The Common ◽  
And Control

Solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant is an effective way to utilize the renewable energy sources. EMI is one of the major concerns in PV power plant. Typically, the multilevel inverters are used in high voltage PV power plant. However, the conventional multilevel inverters require more semiconductors, which complicate the circuit structure and control algorithm. In this paper, a novel five-level inverter is introduced for the high voltage PV power plant applications. The model of the inverter is analyzed. With the redundant switching states, a new modulation strategy is proposed to reduce the common-mode voltage and EMI. The proposed approach is able to eliminate the common-mode voltage; meanwhile it has the capability of balancing the capacitor voltages. The cosimulation tests with the Matlab/Simulink and S-function are carried out. The results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

scholarly journals Common-Mode Voltage Harmonic Reduction in Variable Speed Drives Applying a Variable-Angle Carrier Phase-Displacement PWM Method

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2929
Author(s):  
Abraham Marquez Alcaide ◽  
Vito Giuseppe Monopoli ◽  
Xuchen Wang ◽  
Jose I. Leon ◽  
Giampaolo Buticchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carrier Phase ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Harmonic Spectrum ◽  
Hydraulic Systems ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Variable Speed Drives ◽  
Phase Displacement ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
External Component

Electric variable speed drives (VSD) have been replacing mechanic and hydraulic systems in many sectors of industry and transportation because of their better performance and reduced cost. However, the electric systems still face the issue of being considered less reliable than the mechanical ones. For this reason, researchers have been actively investigating effective ways to increase the reliability of such systems. This paper is focused on the analysis of the common-mode voltage (CMV) generated by the operation of the VSDs which directly affects to the lifetime and reliability of the complete system. The method is based on the mathematical description of the harmonic spectrum of the CMV depending on the PWM method implementation. A generalized PWM method where the carriers present a variable phase-displacement is developed. As a result of the presented analysis, the CMV reduction is achieved by applying the PWM method with optimal carrier phase-displacement angles without any external component and/or passive filtering technique. The optimal values of the carrier phase-displacement angles are obtained considering the minimization of the CMV total harmonic distortion. The resulting method is easily implementable on mostly off-the-shelf mid-range micro-controller control platforms. The strategy has been evaluated in a scaled-down experimental setup proving its good performance.

scholarly journals A New Approach to the PWM Modulation for the Multiphase Matrix Converters Supplying Loads with Open-End Winding

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 466
Author(s):  
Pawel Szczepankowski ◽  
Natalia Strzelecka ◽  
Enrique Romero-Cadaval
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Matrix Converters ◽  
Load Voltage ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
The Common ◽  
Open End Winding

This article presents three variants of the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) for the Double Square Multiphase type Conventional Matrix Converters (DSM-CMC) supplying loads with the open-end winding. The first variant of PWM offers the ability to obtain zero value of the common-mode voltage at the load’s terminals and applies only six switches within the modulation period. The second proposal archives for less Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of the generated load voltage. The third variant of modulation concerns maximizing the voltage transfer ratio, minimizing the number of switching, and the common-mode voltage cancellation. The discussed modulations are based on the concept of sinusoidal voltage quadrature signals, which can be an effective alternative to the classic space-vector approach. In the proposed approach, the geometrical arrangement of basic vectors needed to synthesize output voltages is built from the less number of vectors, which is equal to the number of the matrix converter’s terminals. The PWM duty cycle computation is performed using only a second-order determinant of the voltages coordinate matrix without using trigonometric functions. A new approach to the PWM duty cycles computing and the load voltage synthesis by 5 × 5 and 12 × 12 topologies has been verified using the PSIM simulation software.

scholarly journals A Novel Low Common-Mode Voltage Modulation Strategy for ANPC-5L Inverter

2020 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 01015
Author(s):  
Fusheng Wang ◽  
Sai Weng ◽  
Lizhong Ye ◽  
Tao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Output Current ◽  
Space Vector ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
Zero Sequence ◽  
Implementation Method ◽  
Bus Voltage ◽  
Vector Modulation ◽  
Zero Sequence Voltage

In order to suppress the leakage current of the active neutral point clamed five-level (ANPC-5L) inverter, this paper proposes a novel low common-mode voltage (CMV) modulation strategy based on the space vector modulation thought. Only the 55 voltage vectors with low CMV amplitude instead of all 125 voltage vectors are utilized. The CMV amplitude is suppressed to one-twelfth of the DC bus voltage (Vdc). In the simplified five-level space vector diagram, “obtuse triangle” synthesis principle is used to control the CMV changes twice in each carrier cycle, and get lower output current total harmonic distortion (THD). According to the vector thought, a carrier implementation method based on zero sequence voltage injection and carrier splitting is proposed. This method simplifies the calculation and is easy to implement.Simulation results prove the correctness and feasibility of this low CMV modulation strategy.

Minimization of Common-Mode Voltage of Three-Phase Five-Level NPC Inverter Using 3D Space Vector Modulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (14) ◽  
pp. 2050229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palanisamy Ramasamy ◽  
Vijayakumar Krishnasamy
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Space Vector Modulation ◽  
Space Vector ◽  
Common Mode ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
3D Space ◽  
Vector Modulation ◽  
Switching State

In this paper, a three-dimensional Space Vector Modulation (3D SVM) is implemented for minimization of Common-Mode Voltage (CMV) of five-level Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) inverter. The 3D SVM control includes all merits of 2D SVM and provides better control compared to other PWM strategies. The switching state vectors are selected based on the nearest vector Switching State Vector (NSV); it selects the switching vectors which are having the minimum CMV level. It leads to minimization of the bearing voltage and protection of the drive from the damage; also this system reduces the total harmonic distortion. The switching time is calculated by reference vector identification with large and small subcubes tracking and prisms tracking in 3D cubic region. The CMV level with 3D SVM scheme is compared with other PWM methods. The simulation and hardware results are verified using Matlab Simulink and FPGA processor.

A Review on Performance Analysis of Matrix Converter Fed AC Motor Drive

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Sri Vidhya Dhandapani ◽  
Venkatesan Thangavel
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Matrix Converter ◽  
Motor Drive ◽  
Characteristic Parameters ◽  
Common Mode Voltage ◽  
Ac Motor ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Efficiency Comparison ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
And Control

<p class="Abstract">This paper presents a review on the analysis of characteristics that determines the performance of the matrix converter fed AC motor drive. Review is made based on the analysis of the different characteristics achieved in the literature. Different characteristic parameters considered in this paper are total harmonic distortion, common mode voltage, voltage transfer ratio and efficiency. Comparison and analysis of these characteristic parameters is done based on various semi conductor switches, topology, and control and modulation techniques.</p>

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